Study finds vitamin C boosts skin thickness by reactivating growth genes

Medical Xpress / Tokyo Metro Inst for Geriatrics and Gerontology / Jrnl of Investigative Dermatology ^ | June 25, 2025 | Yasunori Sato et al

[ConservativeMind]

Vitamin C help regrowth healthy thickness to skin that has thinned, due to aging.

Although it’s not mentioned, a sustained release vitamin C might provide advantages. We take a sustained vitamin C with 500 mg, each day, with our collagen.

[ConservativeMind]

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[packagingguy]

Makes sense because scurvy causes cutaneous lesions.

[Veto!]

I’ve taken Vitamin C every morning for tmany years. Had a sick little boy and Dr told me to give him C. fixed him fast.

I’ve been taking C since then, 1000 mg per day. Just last year, my MD asked me to take a cologard test. Flunked it. Bizarre. Went home and looked it up on Web MD and they said too much C could give you a false positive. Took only 500 mg for a few months, went back to MD, test was fine. told him what I did and he gave me a huge grin. H’e’s the one who told me about WebMD in the first place.

And btw, I’ve lived here 18 years and had one cold about 9 years ago.

[goodnesswins]

I take about 6000 Vit C over the course of a day...can’t say it has helped, but then maybe my skin would be REALLY bad if I did not take that much.

[Buttons12]

Not as much fun as oranges but...cabbage has lots of vit C. Red has more than green, raw more than cooked.

[KittyKares]

Good to know! Thank you.

[smokingfrog]

People tell me I need to be more thick-skinned. Maybe I should try it. 😯

[lee martell]

Have you tried eating raw red cabbage?
If I did that, my belly would be Tangled Up & Blue!
Some folks would have no problem with such a meal.
Raw broccoli or cauliflower, I could deal with.

[willk]

Damn it! Another pill I’m going to have to take every day. My pill case can only hold so much!

[telescope115]

My father-in-law was pretty thick skinned, but that’s another story….

[ckilmer]

Some days I’m thick as a brick.

So I guess the vitamin c has worked its way all the way through me.

[telescope115]

Back in the 70s I got on a health kick and started taking - I think it was between 1-2000 mgs a day of vitamin C. No foolin, it gave me the WORST gas I’ve ever had, even to this day.

I couldn’t get in my own car, it smelled so bad. I decided to STOP taking it, and it was like flipping a switch. No more gas (except for what had previously been normal). Presently, I take a multivitamin with no problems.

[dfwgator]

Some days I’m thick as a brick.

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Really don’t mind if you sit this one out.

[Buttons12]

Have you tried eating raw red cabbage?

Yes. Put it in a blender, liquefy it, throw in an apple or carrots (whatever) for taste...beats Pepto, and it's very nutritious.

PS: I love broccoli but wouldn't dream of eating it raw. I steam it until it's almost soft.

[Roos_Girl]

This seems to be research on vitamin C serum that was applied topically. I wonder if taken orally would affect the skin as well.

[ConservativeMind]

It works orally:

“…concentrations comparable to those typically transported from the bloodstream into the epidermis.”

[Right Brother]

Liposomal vitamin C is the way to go. Fat soluble. Water soluble C is mostly pissed away.

[Faith65]

thanks
bkmk

[Magic Fingers]

Which liposomal C do you take? TIA.