Contains pharmaceutical grade vitamin C L-ascorbic acid (25% concentration) and 1% pycnogenol to protect the skin against environmental damage while stimulating collagen synthesis to prevent and diminish the signs of premature aging. (pycnogenol is 50x’s stronger than vitamin E and 20x's stronger than vitamin C).

L-ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) also has a skin-whitening effect, since it inhibits tyrosinase, a regulating enzyme responsible for the production of melanin. You should consider this when using this product with other products such as Lightening Gel or Lightening Gel 10. Consult with your skin care professional for further treatment guidelines.

Pycnogenol contains Proanthocyanidins (PAC). It also contains: caffeic acid, cinnamic acid, fumaric acid, gallic acid, vanillic acid, ferulic acid, protocateuhuic acid and taxifolin. Pycnogenol is a mixture of simple bioflavonoids of the PAC family plus dimers of these PACs, plus oligomers of these simple PACs. It is a patented product and is manufactured under a commercial process.

Important functions of Pycnogenol as it pertains to skin care that it protects the antioxidant Vitamin C, and restores elasticity and smoothness to skin via its influence on skin protein formation.

• Increases fibroblast cells and is a co-factor in collagen production
• Inhibits UVA and UVB damage
• Contains Pycnogenol the most powerful antioxidant available
• Builds collagen to firm and tone skin tissue
• Fights free radical damage to prevent premature aging