Vitamins That Keep Your Skin Healthy

Vitamin B complex aids skin that may be cracking, bleeding, or prone to lesions (which can be especially dangerous in diabetics). Though hand lotions and cremes serve to hydrate and give some temporary relief, you need to evaluate your diet to make sure you are getting enough B complex daily.

Equally important are Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Vitamin E, as they keep your skin healthy and help in controlling damage from free radicals and environmental contaminants. Free radicals can cause the destruction of collagen and elastin, which are fibers that support the skin.

Vitamin C attributes to our production of collagen, which slowly diminishes with the aging process. It is this reduction of collagen that causes lines and wrinkles in old skin.

I might also add that collagen is also found not only in our skin, but also in our muscles, tendons, and bones.

Studies have shown that when used together Vitamin C and E can actually repair sun-damaged skin. Research has also shown that a topical solution containing both Vitamin A and Vitamin C, in some cases, can reverse damage done by sun-damage and the natural aging process.

Deficiencies of Vitamin A can adversely affect skin by causing flakiness and dryness. Dryness not only causes itching, but it can also lead to lines and wrinkles.