The right products can make all the difference in your skin care, improving the color, texture, and health of your complexion. That’s why David K. Hiranaka, MD, DMD, in Kailua-Kona, HI, offers his own range of high-quality skin care products to patients on the Big Island. One of the most popular products in the lineup is the Brightening Vitamin C Serum.

What Does Vitamin C Do for Your Skin?

When your skin is exposed to ultraviolet waves from the sun, your cells produce free radicals—substances that cause many types of damage in your body, including slowing collagen production. Collagen is what helps keep your skin taut, so without it, you're more likely to develop fine wrinkles.

Vitamin C helps capture and get rid of free radicals, boosting collagen production. This treatment makes your skin look smoother, hydrated, and soft.

It can even smooth out uneven pigment and discoloration from sun damage because of its effects on melanin production. Melanin is the dark pigment your skin produces when exposed to the sun; vitamin C helps stop it from forming.

How to Use It

Dr. Hiranaka's Vitamin C serum should be part of a complete, balanced skin care regimen. After you wash and tone your face, but before moisturizing, massage just a few drops of serum into your face and neck. Applying products in the right order will help your skin absorb them more effectively, so they can have the strongest effect.

You can apply the serum once or twice daily, whichever best fits your routine. Over time, the smoothing, tightening, and brightening results can be dramatic.

To get your Brightening Vitamin C Serum, visit Dr. Hiranaka's office. Dr. Hiranaka is a board-certified cosmetic surgeon and works with a trained aesthetics team to provide custom skin care products. Check out their inventory on the website. If you have questions about their products, call (808) 326-2040.