Niacinamide, One of the Most In-Demand Ingredients in Cosmetics
Viablife Biotech
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What Niacinamide Is:
Niacinamide or Nicotinamide is a mixture of a type of vitamin B-3 and nicotinic acid. Vitamin B-3 is found in several foods such as eggs, vegetables, fish, and milk. Niacinamide provides for a multitude of health and skin benefits with even low percentages of niacinamide in skin care products.
The Benefits of Niacinamide:
Niacinamide can truly do it all when it comes to skin care and health. Niacinamide treats redness, irritation, and blotchiness of skin. It also regulates the oil of skin and reduces acne. Niacinamide works as an anti-aging agent eliminating wrinkles and has UV protective properties to diminish skin damage. Niacinamide also helps to level out discoloration. Within weeks one can see vast improvement with their skin. Niacinamide pairs excellently with other chemicals and skin care ingredients.
The Negatives of Niacinamide:
Simply put they are not many. The only point of concern are side effects. The most common side effects involve things like heartburn, stinging of skin, dry skin, nausea, and others. The reasoning behind these side effects, is typically due to overuse of niacinamide causing allergic reactions.
Why You Should Use Viablife Niacinamide:
Viablife’s Niacinamide has a purity of ?>99% which can help to eliminate some of the negatives listed above. Viablife’s patented process of bio transformation makes the nicotinic acid residual in the nicotinamide under 10 ppm which is currently lowest on the market. Viablife’s Niacinamide comes in a white crystalline powder which is perfect for cosmetic products.
Sources:
The above information comes both Viablife’s own research and development as well as two magazine articles. The articles used for this research are listed below.