Peter Attia· MD
so like vitamin C would be the third part of the trifecta Mayon vitamin C is all vitamin C which most people think of as like a vitamin you take to avoid getting cold so that seems to be kind of bogus so topical vitamin C and this one might be a little bit more controversial I mean it's it's not thought to be controversial because every skincare line promotes their vitamin C and the question is what type of vitamin C is effective but think about vitamin C deficiency right what happens to your skin yeah well you get scurvy you go to college and deficiency right so we know that lack of vitamin C is a problem for the way you look in your skin if you're healthy does vitamin C help your skin well we know it's a very powerful antioxidant so it's scavenging free radicals so it's protecting you from UV damage in that way it also is a cofactor for collagen synthesis