Vitamin C for scars
Scars are responsible for spoiling your looks. We do our best to hide scars with makeup but all in vain because whatever makeup we do, scars can be barely hidden especially, deep scars and raised scars are really very difficult to hide. Doctor will call you again and again in case if you want to treat your scars at doctor’s place which may be a very costly procedure.
Scars in reality are healed lesions with missing collagen from the bottom therefore scars looks depressed. In order to get this lost collagen you can either choose injection or vitamin C. Vitamin C helps produce collagen and elastin fiber in the skin which results in more younger and healthy skin. There are many other benefits of vitamin C such as:
- Vitamin C is the best natural anti oxidant which helps kill and neutralize free radicals.
- Vitamin C is also beneficial in reducing damage caused by the sun.
According to the research , if you want to get rid of your scars then you should take vitamin C orally every day in large quantity. In other words, treat scars from the inside. But, Large amount of vitamin C taken orally for long time may cause some irreversible side effects.
Best effect from use of vitamin C as anti scar treatment can only be achieved when it applied topically or through your diet. There are very few effective topical creams available though.
Try to include vitamin C rich foods in to your diet menu. Here are some sources of vitamin C
½ cup raw guava = 188 mg
½ cup raw red sweet pepper = 142 mg
½ cup cooked red sweet pepper = 116 mg
Medium Kiwi fruit = 70 mg
Medium sized Orange = 70 mg
¾ cup Orange juice = 61-93 mg
½ cup sweet green pepper= 60 mg
½ cup cooked sweet green pepper = 51 mg
¾ cup grapefruit juice = 50-70 mg
¾ cup vegetable juice cocktail = 50 mg
½ cup raw strawberries = 49 mg
½ cup cooked Brussels sprouts = 48 mg
¼ medium cantaloupe = 47 mg
¼ medium raw papaya = 47 mg
½ cup cooked Kohlrabi = 45 mg
½ raw Broccoli = 39 mg
½ cup cooked edible pod peas = 38 mg
½ cup cooked Broccoli = 37 mg
½ cup canned sweet potato = 34 mg
¼ cup tomato juice = 33 mg
½ cup cooked cauliflower = 28 mg
½ cup raw pineapple = 28 mg
½ cup cooked Kale = 27 mg
½ cup mango = 23 mg
