A few weeks ago I was on LinkedIn – the social media platform where 99.99% of people behave. However, I have never seen Elon Musk or Donal Trump on these forums so you know, there is still time for this forum to be polluted.
Anywho I digress. My no 1 suggestion to anyone with skin that’s playing up (e.g.) large pores, oily skin or even dry skin to add Niacinamide to their routine.
The no 1 product that I have found is the Ordinary’s 10% Niacinamide solution. I have tried other forms and they are kind of pants.
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What’s so great of Niacinamide?
So a reknowned podcaster and dermatologist was ranting on LinkedIn about why a product was so expensive. One of the ingredients it contained was Niacinamide and it was advertised as facilitating barrier repair.
That’s what I pointed out to her and she said, “No, its meant to moisturise the skin.”
At that point I did feel like I know nothing. Literally, she had challenged my knowledge and my experience. I have seen people’s skin repair itself when their routine is stripped down to the absolute minimum and only includes Niacinamide, a face wash and a moisturiser
The most prominent change is the size of pores shrinking and increase in moisturization of the skin. I am not saying moisturization does not happen but so does barrier repair
Next steps in the Niacinamide saga…
If you pick any skincare product, I genuinely feel more likely than not it contains Niacinamide.
This is especially the case in India, for some of the following reasons:
- It is a super cheap ingredient
- Niacinamide does not cause allergic reactions like Vitamin C is known to do.
- Well-tolerated by the skin
- Non-irritating with the skin
- Its extremely easy to work with in formulations and plays really well with other ingredients
So I am going to over the next few weeks really revisit the primary sources for all of these functions of Niacinamide.
So the next time cantakerous and argumentative semi-famous dermatologist picks a fight with me, I am going to be armed with the correct Niacinamide-astras. If you didn’t get that I am sorry.
Functions I will be revisiting are…
- Skin Lightening
- Anti-acne
- Moisturising
- Barrier repair through sebum control
- Anti-ageing (loaded word I know)
- Sebum control
- Prevents hyper-pigmentation