Does vitamin C negatively affects lycopene?

[BoredPrince]

Recently I started taking lycopene to improve appearance of my pale skin, that is for red undertones

But I also put topical vitamin C on my skin every day which does lighten the skin a little bit


Would this reduce red undertones?

 

[hybobu]

pretty sure topical vit c aint really do shit 1st place

 

[BinPanda]

Yeah, topical vitamin C can lighten the skin and may reduce red undertones, which could counteract the effects of lycopene on enhancing redness, but that shouldn’t even be noticeable. Vit c is cope so the lightening effect is too little to be fucking noticed. (Mark me as solution)

 

[BoredPrince]

pretty sure topical vit c aint really do shit 1st place

That hasn't been my experience, it takes time but I noticed the results

More collagen, better skin texture, less acne, less visible darkspots; just some that I noticed

 

[hybobu]

That hasn't been my experience, it takes time but I noticed the results

More collagen, better skin texture, less acne, less visible darkspots; just some that I noticed

ydy ig

 

[BoredPrince]

Yeah, topical vitamin C can lighten the skin and may reduce red undertones, which could counteract the effects of lycopene on enhancing redness, but that shouldn’t even be noticeable. Vit c is cope so the lightening effect is too little to be fucking noticed. (Mark me as solution)

Hmmm maybe I just didn't give enough time for lycopene to work

I've been taking 40mg every day with fatty food for almost a month, but I heard others say it takes more than 2 months for results to show


And I don't wanna stop vitamin C cuz my skin looks worse without it

 

[BoredPrince]

@hybobu @BinPanda

From what I searched up obline, it seems it will actually improve lycopene effect, research was done when both were consumed orally but I think topical would also work (although to a lesser degree)

Since vitamin c inhibits melanin it gives a "lighter" skin, but so does lycopene too, therefore melanin inhibition has no effect on red undertones since they come from lycopene itself


Seems I just didn't give it enough time to work

 

[John666282]

@BoredPrince

Hey, how it's going? I have consumed lycopene in not big doses because I don't want to finish the bottle early... but I haven't seen any results at the moment.
Since you have consumed more mgs and earlier than me, I would like to know if you have noticed any results after all this time.
If you have seen some results, perhaps I will switch to eating boiled tomatoes. Thanks in advance

 

[BoredPrince]

@BoredPrince

Hey, how it's going? I have consumed lycopene in not big doses because I don't want to finish the bottle early... but I haven't seen any results at the moment.
Since you have consumed more mgs and earlier than me, I would like to know if you have noticed any results after all this time.
If you have seen some results, perhaps I will switch to eating boiled tomatoes. Thanks in advance

Yeah, I noticed results after about 2 months

My face, especially cheeks got nice rose colored tone, and even though there's no sun here, I no longer look pale

 

[John666282]

Yeah, I noticed results after about 2 months

My face, especially cheeks got nice rose colored tone, and even though there's no sun here, I no longer look pale

Nice! thanks for answering

 

[chadisbeingmade]

Sorry to bump this thread. Hard to find people who use Lycopene without Beta Carotene.

My face, especially cheeks got nice rose colored tone, and even though there's no sun here, I no longer look pale

So it gave you a more red tone in the face/cheeks? Or a more tanned colour? Come claim lycopene made them orange not red JFL.

 

[BoredPrince]

Sorry to bump this thread. Hard to find people who use Lycopene without Beta Carotene.

Yeah it's true, most of them use beta carotene as well, i didn't because it gives your skin the orange color

So it gave you a more red tone in the face/cheeks? Or a more tanned colour? Come claim lycopene made them orange not red JFL.

It gave me more rose color rather than red, it's not a tan in a sense that you look darker, but you won't longer look pale

Cheeks were definitely more noticeable than the rest, but the effect is on entire body


They were probably using a mixture for tanning, which includes lycopene but beta carotene too, there are some supplements like that

I only used lycopene

 

[chadisbeingmade]

Yeah it's true, most of them use beta carotene as well, i didn't because it gives your skin the orange color

It gave me more rose color rather than red, it's not a tan in a sense that you look darker, but you won't longer look pale

Cheeks were definitely more noticeable than the rest, but the effect is on entire body


They were probably using a mixture for tanning, which includes lycopene but beta carotene too, there are some supplements like that

I only used lycopene

Was it something similar to the results shown in this thread?

Lycopene Results

Inconsistent angles (somewhat), tried to get the best before/after possible It’s been around 2 months and a half I’d say? I took the 25mg Lycopene tablets from iHerb, I bought 3 packs of the 90 tablet packs, I took 75mg of them a day (3 tablets) I’m gonna continue, and I’ll try get better...

looksmax.org

Also what’s your dosage?

 

[BoredPrince]

Was it something similar to the results shown in this thread?

Lycopene Results

Inconsistent angles (somewhat), tried to get the best before/after possible It’s been around 2 months and a half I’d say? I took the 25mg Lycopene tablets from iHerb, I bought 3 packs of the 90 tablet packs, I took 75mg of them a day (3 tablets) I’m gonna continue, and I’ll try get better...

looksmax.org

Also what’s your dosage?

Yeah, I actually bought it because of that thread jfl

Color of course depends on the dosage, first time I used 45 mg and the effect was very visible

Second time I only used 25 mg, but it wasn't very visible, I used lesser because it was cheaper


Now waiting to order 45 mg again but their website is down, probably due to tariffs