Topical vitamin C - or a stupid question??

[ddjd]

So I came across this great post from @Twohandsondeck about using lime juice as a deodorant. It works so well!!

Lime juice is a great deodorant

I've been using a little lime squirt bottle (pictured below) no more than once a day with remarkable effect. I'm actually amazed. Probably won't ever use deodorant again. I put a little in the cup of a hand, smear on the armpit, and then rinse with water after about 30 seconds. If it's left on...

raypeatforum.com

But that got me thinking, why isn't topical vitamin c a thing?? Can we absorb vitamin c through the skin??

My teeth are super sensitive to acidic substances so maybe I could find a way to get topical vitamin c through the skin??

It would of course be an added bonus to smothering the arm pits in lime juice lol

 

[Peatress]

Transdermal Vitamin C Spray 250ml

Transdermal Vitamin C with DMSO for use on skin Contains 250ml Contains 1gram of Vitamin C per 5ml (25 sprays) (from corn or derivative) 20% DMSO -

www.salesatdrmyhill.co.uk

 

[Mauritio]

So I came across this great post from @Twohandsondeck about using lime juice as a deodorant. It works so well!!

Lime juice is a great deodorant

I've been using a little lime squirt bottle (pictured below) no more than once a day with remarkable effect. I'm actually amazed. Probably won't ever use deodorant again. I put a little in the cup of a hand, smear on the armpit, and then rinse with water after about 30 seconds. If it's left on...

raypeatforum.com

But that got me thinking, why isn't topical vitamin c a thing?? Can we absorb vitamin c through the skin??

My teeth are super sensitive to acidic substances so maybe I could find a way to get topical vitamin c through the skin??

It would of course be an added bonus to smothering the arm pits in lime juice lol

Vitamin C and glucose are almost the same molecule (hence the easy conversion of glucose to vitamin c in animals) , so I suspect since theyre both small molecules (and water soluble) and glucose absorbs through the skin, the same should be true for vitamin C.
Let me know how it goes.

 

[golder]

Isn’t vitamin C serum extremely popular in the skincare realm?

 

[davidgraham]

I've used Dr myhill topical vit c. Product is good quality but man the mess of the spray and colour lol

Has dmso in it not sure rays thoughts on dmso

 

[ddjd]

I've used Dr myhill topical vit c. Product is good quality but man the mess of the spray and colour lol

Has dmso in it not sure rays thoughts on dmso

Haidut puts DMSO in almost every idealabs product it seems so can't be that bad