The Skin Nerd: What vitamins do you need for best skin health?

Like drinking water and protecting our skin from the sun, getting enough vitamins has been long established as essential to optimal wellbeing...

Ensuring your skin is topped up with its supply of vitamins can be key to achieving the skin goals you are heading towards.

"Are you getting your vitamins?" is a question I am asked whenever I mention feeling rundown or less energised than usual, but the question has also started to crop up when I discuss issues with my skin. While it might sound obvious to some, getting back to basics and ensuring your skin is topped up with its supply of vitamins can be key to achieving the skin goals you are heading towards.

The skin is our largest organ and protects us from aggressors such as pollution and UV light. Our skin is comprised of layers – the epidermis, which provides the barrier, the dermis which gives nutritional support to the epidermis and the hypodermis (which is the fat layer).  A breakdown of the skin barrier and immunity has been linked to several skin diseases, such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, and acne.