Niacinamide

Niacinamide is a vitamin that helps to alleviate various skin discomforts; such as brown spots, blemishes, or even signs of ageing. Less renowned than retinol or vitamin C, niacinamide is nevertheless a multifunctional active ingredient brimming with benefits for the skin. Find below everything you need to know about it as a cosmetic ingredient.

Niacinamide – or vitamin B3 – is essential to the proper functioning of the body. This molecule is multifunctional. In particular, it helps prevent the signs of aging, such as wrinkles and pigment spots. It also helps regulate sebum production in oily skin and reduce imperfections. Typically, well tolerated by all skin types, there might be contraindications and  precautions to take when using a niacinamide skincare product.

Niacinamide is a derivative of vitamin B3 used in certain cosmetic products to reduce blemishes, redness, wrinkles, and even pigmentation spots. When should I start using this active ingredient? At what time of day? How frequently?

Niacinamide is known by several names: vitamin B3, nicotinamide or vitamin PP. Essential to the body, it is involved in the functioning of the nervous system and in the breakdown of glucose. Niacinamide has antioxidant, soothing and sebum-regulating properties; it is therefore used in skin and hair care products.

Niacinamide is a derivative of Vitamin B3, which also exists in two other chemical forms: niacin and nicotinamide riboside. It is essential for the proper functioning of the body. As an active ingredient, niacinamide is suitable for both mature skin to reduce signs of ageing, and for young and oily skin (+) to regulate sebum and limit imperfections. In this article, you will find some opinions on this multifunctional ingredient.