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Ingredients
Not mandatory, but it earns its place — a solid antioxidant that research suggests can help brighten skin, fade dark spots over time and support your skin's defence against environmental damage, which matters given how much sun South Africa gets. Worth knowing: L-ascorbic acid has the strongest evidence base but is relatively unstable (degrades with light/air), while derivatives like ascorbyl glucoside are more stable but not automatically equivalent in effect. Both are reasonable choices — stability just affects shelf life and how the product should be stored.
Evidence reviewed · Aug 2026
- PubMed — topical vitamin C / L-ascorbic acidPubMed
Antioxidant and brightening evidence, stability profile
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Content last reviewed 31 August 2026 by the SkinLabs Editorial Team.