...And why you're going to want more of it.
As a nurse with some medical knowledge and a life-long nerd that reads the back of the shampoo bottles in the shower, I tend to fixate on ingredients. Even before I was a pseudo-grown up with a job, my dad says I used to ask him things like, “If the sky was purple what would refrigerators in Paris look like?” What can I say? I've always been a curious girly. That inherent curiosity has made me good at my job as a nurse, and also as a co-owner of Deux Skin where I ride my sister’s coat tails.
So as I was doing my thing, showering and reading the back of my product bottles, I noticed glutathione as an ingredient in The Perfect Body Wash. I’m familiar with this vitamin from working at the B12 Store, a medical spa specializing in vitamin injections, but it’s not a vitamin commonly mentioned in the skincare world. Since it’s actually a really cool ingredient, I wanted to share my knowledge with the class. Here’s why we care that glutathione is in this body wash.
Glutathione is a naturally occurring, extremely powerful antioxidant that slows down melanin production and helps with anti-aging. Glutathione does this by repairing damaged cells in your body and on your skin. Repairing these cells can decrease wrinkles and improve skin elasticity, making it incredibly anti-aging. When melanin production is slowed, the skin becomes brighter and more even, because the dark spots, like hyperpigmentation (@myself), are lifted.
Listing out the gorgeous benefits of an ingredient like glutathione makes me wish I could bottle it up and drink it. And honestly, you kind of can. It can be found as a supplement at Thorne, or an injection at the B12 store. It’s also found in foods, like: avocado, watermelon, broccoli, strawberries, and oranges. The next time you’re buying strawberries to support your toddlers' berry addiction, you can justify it by saying at least they’re taking care of their skin at an early age.
It's also found in our Perfect Body Wash, which is our body wash for normal to oily skin types, or those who struggle with body acne, keratosis pilaris, or other skin conditions that cause texture or hyperpigmentation. You have to shower and wash your body anyway, you might as well give you skin a dose of Glutathione topically while you’re at it; especially since summer (and sun damage) is right around the corner.
If you enjoyed this ingredient-highlight blog post, let me know in the comments and I’ll make it a whole series!
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