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IN VITRO STUDYPUBLISHED 2001⚠ STUDY USED PIG SKIN; RESULTS MAY NOT DIRECTLY TRANSLATE TO HUMAN SKIN.
Vitamin C in topical form needs acidic conditions to actually penetrate skin.
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SKINCARE
• MIXED
Lemon Shot for Skin
RESEARCH
- Vitamin C boosts collagen
- Reduces sun damage
- Fades dark spots
- Topical form needs right pH
COMMUNITY
- Community reports she didn't stick with it and admitted it didn't work for her.
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SAFETYLemon juice is acidic and may irritate or photosensitize skin; test on a small area first.
WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS
ALL 15 ON PUBMED ↗BASED ON 15 PUBMED STUDIES
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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW⚠ REVIEW NOTES THAT MOST EFFICACY DATA COME FROM MULTI-MODAL TREATMENTS, NOT VITAMIN C ALONE; PURE LEMON JUICE FORMULATIONS ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY EVALUATED.
Topical vitamin C is shown to reduce photoaging signs and pigmentation when combined with other treatments.
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REVIEW⚠ REVIEW DISCUSSES MECHANISM AND GENERAL EVIDENCE BUT DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY EVALUATE LEMON JUICE OR LEMON EXTRACT AS THE VITAMIN C SOURCE.
Vitamin C promotes collagen production and protects against UV damage in skin.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
READ THREADS ON REDDIT ↗COMMUNITY SENTIMENT
15% positive
“More health trend fails she keeps attempting from TikTok. And then dead ass told all of us she didn’t feel any different at all or thought it worked. Ohhhhhh, that’s right. This is part of hawking her Korean products for her show 🙄”
U/THRIFTY_VP_1225 ↗“She also did not do it for 30 days 😂”
U/OK_MAGAZINE7784 ↗“Right ! I remember her telling Chris they didn’t work”
U/AMUVA24 ↗COMMENTS
Add context that might help others — skin type, conditions like PCOS, what you'd tried before. The more specific, the more useful.
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