How to Use Niacinamide in Your Skin Care Routine | The Best Products by Dr. Jenny Liu

let's talk all about niacinamide today how they work their benefits in skincare and I want to share with you my favorite nice and am I based products I'm Dr Jenny Liu I'm a board certified dermatologist and welcome back to my YouTube channel now when it comes to niacinamide I think it was like the most trending or most searched skincare ingredient of 2021 even though it may seem like niacinamide all of a sudden has just become popular overnight it actually has been used and has been around in skin care for a long long time so niacinamide is vitamin B3 and it's a water soluble vitamin we may know it mainly for the skin it's not just for our skin but our entire body really need niacinamide to function properly and it's antioxidant benefits not only comes into the skin for a cosmeceutical purposes but as a dermatologist I frequently would recommend oral niacinamide to my patients to help reduce the burden of sun damage and their by reduce the frequency of skin cancer and pre-cancerous I would develop on their skin but back to skin care niacinamide has couple different functions it's almost like this great ingredient that is Jack of all trades it does a little bit of everything is an antioxidant anti-inflammatory ingredient so it not only helps to reduce signs of skin aging help with premature skin aging but also helps to repair the Skin Barrier and help to support ceramide synthesis and can be great for individuals who have like say sense of skin rosacea acne prone skin and helping reduce that inflammation niacinamide has been shown to help with acne because of its anti-inflammatory effect and help to reduce the amount of sebum that is produced we don't quite know how nice anime Works in that sense but study has certainly shown that two percent niacinamide has been helpful in juicing the amount of sebum on the skin we think possibly niacinamide May interfere with the amount of sebum outflow onto the surface of the skin we don't quite know niacinamide is also great at helping with hyperpigmentation and how it works is it actually inhibits melanosomes so those these are like little cars with pigment from being transferred to the top layer of your skin thereby helping with hyperpigmentation has been shown to be beneficial in the setting melasma PIH like hyperpigmentation from acne uneven skin tone from sun damage Etc and because as I mentioned earlier of its antioxidant effects it has been shown to help improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles niacinam is one of these ingredients where for the most part it is fairly well tolerated by most individuals it's not like retinoids or say hydroxy acids or even vitamin C serms where it can cause a lot of irritation burning the other things you want to keep in mind is that majority of these benefits for niacinamide really has been mainly demonstrated in the lower percentages so two to five percent most ten percent or higher really there's lack of studies demonstrating really any benefit and certainly what we have seen is that 10 or higher can potentially cause more irritation the other thing with niacinamide is that it also plays well with other ingredients and really doesn't interfere with the stability or say the efficacy of other ingredients the other thing is that there's a lot of confusion around niacinamide and vitamin C whether they can be used together the answer is yes the studies that shown that niacinamide and vitamin C May interact or say niacinam might may interfere with the fxt vitamin C was really done back in the 60s when the formulation vitamin C wasn't idealized and they were both heated to extreme temperatures which usually that doesn't happen on our skin but again it's not really a true interference where it causes the vitamin C to become unstable so if you want to use niacinamide in a serum or moisturizer after vitamin C it won't interfere with your vitamin C okay having said all of that let's dive into my favorite niacinamide based products so the first product is from first aid Beauty facial rating is nice and in my dark spot serum this is a great serum if you're looking for a gentle way of improving dark spots and uneven skin texture and skin tone whether it's from acne or hyperpigmentation from sun damage or melasma this contains I believe four percent niacinamide which is at the right range along with licorice root and plant derived vitamin C so in general niacinamide like other brightening ingredients will work better when it's formulated with other ingredients that have a similar function so with the licorice root and vitamin C it's all going to work together in improving overall the dark spots uneven skin texture and skin tone I love that it's fragrance free something I always recommend if you're tackling hyperpigmentation I have nothing against fragrances again if you have sensitive skin and you know you're using quite a few products to help with evening out your skin tone the last thing you want is irritation and certainly fragrance could be an arrow tent that can further Drive inflammation and thereby hyperpigmentation I also really like the fact that this is more of a creamy milkier hydrating serum something I think is going to be helpful that is going to be less irritating especially again when you're trying to tackle uneven skin tone now even though I said that I don't have a particular place in my routine for a nice and a night serum but there is one that I would always make room for and it's the one from the sheen Vichy mineral 89 Prebiotic and this is a lovely lovely hydrating serum so essentially acts like I would say like a hyaluronic acid serum but this one has four percent niacinamide as well as Prebiotic concentrate both of these is going to help at supporting and repairing Your Skin Barrier in fact she has actually demonstrated in their clinical study that this serum helps with improving the tolerance of your retinoid induced seeing inflammation and protecting the skin against environmental stressors so this is one I highly highly recommend checking out the last term I really have enjoyed using surprisingly because I'm not a big nice dinner Meister person is from beauty of joseon their glow serum and this contains two percent niacinamide and 60 propolis niacinamide at the right concentration for everything we've talked about and propolis is derived as in resin from honeybee and there's actually quite a bit of studies and research I'm asserting it's efficacy and repairing Skin Barrier especially when it comes to wound healing I really like this serum because it's hydrating so I use it almost in a way as like my hyaluronic acid serum if you will but it's not sticky or tacky and certainly will give you kind of that glow because your skin is just really well hydrated as the name implies and with two percent niacin am I certainly you're gonna get the benefits we mentioned earlier with brightening improving the appearance of online sprinkles May slowly help with that sebum control acne I think as far as like hyperpigmentation I feel like just with a niacinamide alone you're not gonna really quite get there but certainly if you don't have a lot of concerns around around hyperpigmentation and you're just looking for a serum to help hydrate and overall just improve the dullness of your complexion I think this is a really nice one to try out I also forgot to mention this also contains other ingredients that's nice and helpful like hyaluronic acid and centella so again all working towards to keep your skin moisture barrier hydrated and healthy now we're gonna jump into my favorite moisturizers with niacinamide the first one is from perrito burrito centella unscented recovery cream I like this cream if you're looking for a moisturizer or say a thicker cream to help to spot treat areas of irritation this contains 50 centella two percent niacinamide along with ceramides and other ingredients are calming anti-inflammatory really great for rosacea sensitive and irritated skin it's also fragrance free cruelty free and vegan this reminds me of like La Roche Posay it's like a plaster of vents physical fate recovery bomb like the thicker cream but not as super thick and heavy so if you need something and it's a summer time you're not really wanting anything that's you're going to be super sticky or heavy on your skin but you want something that's going to be calming and soothing this is one I recommend checking out now the next moisturizers I kind of have beaten to death because I literally feel like I mention them all the time are the two of my favorites from servi and LaRoche Posse the tularean double repair as well as CeraVe APM these both have niacinamide in the formulation and I love these because they're lightweight for the most part can be used by most skin types and it's just they're just all around great moisturizers but today I also want to mention another one to you that I really have been enjoying using in the morning especially now the weather is getting warmer out your formulation from La Roche prose from their tularean double repair line and this is a gel cream formulation for oily and combination skin this is lightweight oil free contains their my niacinamide similar to the double repair facial moisturizer but this is oil-free lightweight and also has ingredients that helps to reduce shine and help to temporarily reduce sebum production so this is a really nice one to check out if say you don't want to have an actual cream and looking for more for like a gel cream formulation for the summer time similarly another gel cream formulation that I really like is from the churium they're niacinamide gel cream five percent this is again a great one for individuals who don't want a heavy moisturizer or looking to switch up to a lighter moisturizer for the warmer season can contains five percent niacinamide so definitely going to be beneficial but not going to be super irritating and I love the fact that it will hydrate your skin is really fast absorbing will help kind of improve the dewiness the skin complexion without feeling overly heavy or sticky so I think this is a great one to check out if you're overall looking to improve your skin complexion potentially your pore size amount of sebum that is produced but again you don't want anything super heavy or sticky and if you're sick of me recommending La Roche Posen serving moisturizers another one I really like and I have I often recommend it for my more mature patients who have oily or combination skin is from L to MD they're PM therapy that contains niacinamide rice protein hyaluronic acid antioxidants and linoleic acid so an essential fatty acid all these ingredients are really really helpful to repair the Skin Barrier which often is slightly delayed as we get older so overall will help improve your you know skin hydration your overall skin health and with that rice protein can help to plump help to brighten and just work together as a good nighttime moisturizer if say fine lines wrinkles and dullness is your concern but this one it's also great because it's lightweight and fast absorbing so not heavy at all a good one to use if you have more mature skin and really want to work on fine lines and wrinkles but don't want anything too heavy or sticky so that's it guys those are some of my favorite products with niacinamide as I mentioned if you look closely at your product chances are niacinamine is listed in like your moisturizer and so you're probably already getting some of the benefits of niacinamide without even knowing it one last thing for it got to mention you know we talked about briefly niacinamide vitamin C how it is safe to use together another great benefit of niacinamide is that it pairs really nicely with retinol and helping to reduce irritancy of retinol so you know certainly if you have a retinol product with nice in a mind in it that can be very helpful hopefully you have a better understanding of niacinamide and hopefully you found my reviews helpful do you use any nice and my based products or what is your favorite please comment below and let me know again if you enjoy watching this video I would love it if you could give this video a thumbs up and subscribe to my YouTube channel you can certainly find more information about niacinamide and other skincare tips on my social media channel on Tech talk as well as on Instagram and I will see you guys next time bye

Channel: Dr. Jenny Liu

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Length: 12min 37sec (757 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 31 2022