Skinfare Skin Care Blog

Vitamin C can have wonderful benefits for skin care and have been used quite a bit in anti-aging treatments. There is a great post about this on the skinMD blog but is important to realize that vitamin C can also irritate sensitive skin and the aggravation may not be worth the trouble.

Sensitive skin is probably the skin type that is the most selective in terms of what products it will tolerate. Some people have suggested using a product heavy in vitamin C (or even crushing vitamin C tablets and applying them directly to the skin while mixed in with lotion or facial clay) to actually desensitize the skin and make it more tolerable to a wider range of products.

Just be aware that you may be in for some discomfort along the way.