Ingredient
Ascorbic Acid
a type of Vitamin C · Korean label: 아스코빅애씨드
Pure vitamin C, a potent antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals from UV and pollution, acts as a cofactor for collagen synthesis, and inhibits tyrosinase to brighten and even skin tone.
Key facts
- INCI name
- Ascorbic Acid
- Also known as
- Vitamin C · 아스코빅애씨드
- Evidence grade
- strong evidence
- In our catalog
- Found in 67 of the 1,914 products we've decoded
- Pore-clogging
- 0/5 (a contested measure — take it lightly)
- Pregnancy
- Generally fine
- Reviewed
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