Vitamin C Serum 20% Pure L-Ascorbic Acid, Ferulic Acid, Vitamin E and Hyaluronic Acid for Face and Eyes 1oz. by Dr. Brenner

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You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product. The actual bottle is pretty opaque, but would definitely still allow light through given that it's glass and I was able to see the serum line quite clearly. Unlike most cases of Acne where bacteria is the culprit, Fungi is the culprit of Fungal Acne (Hence the name!

However, ascorbic acid is fussy enough that the formula has seemed to morph into quite the three headed hydra of issues. It’s often used together with ethylhexylglycerin as it nicely improves the preservative activity of phenoxyethanol.

NuFountain is missing the Vitamin E in their formula and their Ferulic acid content is not disclosed. As far as Vitamin C serums go, the Skinceuticals C E Ferulic has been the absolute gold standard since it launched in 2005. Let’s just say, we knew how much of a challenge it can be to formulate and bottle this formula correctly that we just couldn’t speak well to whether or not these dupe brands were truly a good 1:1 replacement with the original.

Pityrosporum Folliculitis/Malassezia folliculitis or simply known as Fungal Acne is a persistent acne-like condition that commonly responds poorly to traditional acne-treating methods.Despite this formula’s more rapid degradation and sputtering (where formula jets out when pumping), we would still pass this formula. We see a yellow hue starting to come in more for all serums and you can smell the “hot dog water” scent more. The reason why it's so expensive is because Skinceuticals currently holds the patent for the perfect ratio of vitamin c, vitamin e, and ferulic acid needed to optimize the effectiveness of vitamin c.

If you’re interested in learning more about vitamin C, I’ve also done a Medik8 Vitamin C-Tetra review of their entire collection of products.Keep in mind that you would need to apply any topical skincare targetted at hypigmentation consistently for a couple of months to get a result. The following ingredient (ingredients) in this product might be helpful, but there is no evidence to confirm that it actually can help even out the skin tone: ferulic acid. Compra el codiciado Suero de Vitamina C Banana Bright de Ole Henriksen en Sephora dentro de JCPenney. I’ve seen increased hydration, increased plumpness of the skin, increased brightness and it did address my sun damage,” she says after showing astonishing before and after photos. There seem to have a synergetic effect of ferulic acid, vitamin E and C, meaning that when the ingredients are used together, they enhance each other's ability protect the skin against free radicals.