This underrated skincare ingredient deserves more praise than it usually gets.
Unlike its sister form, nicotinic acid, Niacinamide (vitamin B) is well tolerated by most, including sensitive skin types.
It is a water-soluble vitamin that complements the skin skin’s local members’ local components, providing skin renewal and regeneration without the usual harsh effects from acids and retinoids.
So, here are five reasons why Niacin amide is impressive:
- It lessens skin damage. Niacinamide is a precursor of essential triggers (AD and AD) that protect the cells from free radical damage, making it a good antioxidant for the skin.
- It lightens post-inflammatory hyper pigmentation marks. An -week use of niacin amide can lighten spots by inhibiting the transfer of pigment granules to the outer layers of the skin.
- It strengthens the skin barrier. It improves the moisture of the epidermis’s stratum corneum by reducing transepidermal water loss and increasing ceramide synthesis.
- It can help improve acne-prone skin. It increases skin cell turnover and es chances of keratinocyte differentiation, allowing prevent keratinocyte differentiation, which helps prevent keratinocyte differentiation, which helps prevents keratinocyte differentiation, which helps prevent acne formation.
- It lessens the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and improves the skin texture due to aging. Long-term use of niacinamide repair the skin surface by synthesizing collagen and essential epidermal proteins needed for skin structure and elasticity.
How can you start?
If you want to start experiencing the benefits of this skin vitamin, you can start with 2.- once to twice daily in the form of a cleanser, toner, serum, or cream.
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About the Writer: Dr. Elli Reyes is a specialist in Aesthetic Medicine from the Philippines. With over four years of specialized training, her aesthetic practice has involved a variety of skin treatments involving Botox, fillers, and the like. As a licensed physician, she has been engaged by multiple clinics and is regularly interviewed by the local media as an expert in the science of the skin. Her research and writings to date have centered on nutrition, functional health, and general beauty.
