We all love an underdog, and antioxidants are the ultimate underdogs of the skincare world! As molecules which fight free radicals in your body, they exist naturally in fruit and vegetables, and we can apply them in topical skincare daily. Free radicals are molecules with an unpaired electron, which means that they are unstable in our body. Free radicals desperately go searching for another electron to steal to stabilise themselves, and they go in like a bull in a china shop, causing damage in their wake. Antioxidants provide these free radicals with an electron to pair with, stabilising them and reducing the damage they cause. Antioxidant serums, foods and supplements work to protect your skin from free radical damage daily. In this, they’re working to reduce the damage that can cause deeper fine lines and wrinkles, pigmentation, lax skin, crepe-y skin and dehydrated skin. There are so many antioxidants but some of the ones considered most potent include vitamin C (listed as l-ascorbic acid, tetrahexydecyl ascorbate, ascorbyl palmitate and many others), vitamin A (retinol, retinyl palmitate, retinaldehyde, beta carotene and many others), vitamin E and precursors (tocopherol, pre-tocopheryl), green tea extract (camellia sinensis leaf extract), resveratrol (resveratrol, Japanese knotweed extract), liquorice root extract (glycyrrhiza glabra leaf extract) and many more. Be sure not to forget to include these low-key heroes in your regime! There are genuinely thousands of incredibly effective ones, and you can find them, here at theskinnerd.com!