Peter Attia· MD
And so regulating the tyrrosin kindness pathway so that there's an even production of melanin throughout the skin is something that is valuable, very valuable in an aesthetic sense and that's something that vitamin C does as well.
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And so regulating the tyrrosin kindness pathway so that there's an even production of melanin throughout the skin is something that is valuable, very valuable in an aesthetic sense and that's something that vitamin C does as well.
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Vitamin C also regulates the tyrrosen kinus pathway which is sort of a scientific way of saying that complexion which is you know people talk about wanting to have good complexion. And that means having an even skin tone, which is even distribution of melanin.
In addition to sunscreen and retinoids, I think that vitamin C is a really important molecule to get onto the skin. Also, it doesn't matter if you're black or white or brown. People desire to have their skin look even without splotchy areas of pigmentation or nearby areas of relative depigmentation. And so regulating the tyrrosin kindness pathway so that there's an even production of melanin throughout the skin is something that is valuable and that's something that vitamin C does as well.