Health

DALLAS: Texans love the sun and that's a good thing because there's plenty of it. Researchers at UCLA reviewed published studies to see if vitamins really can protect us from the suns damaging rays or or even reduce the signs of sun damaged skin.

Baylor-Dallas dermatologist Christine Brown said there is mounting evidence that topical vitamins can help.

"Most of the evidence supports topical application of vitamins in the way of topical vitamin A and vitamin C in terms of addressing photo-aged skin and stimulating collagen production." Dr. Brown said.

But that's when vitamins are applied directly to the skin. So what do consumers do with the maze of cosmetics touting vitamins that help reduce wrinkles? Dr. Brown said that vitamins mixed in skin care products may greatly reduce their effectiveness.

"Keep in mind that these antioxidants, which means that they oxidize easily, they are very unstable so if they are not formulated properly they become ineffective very quickly when exposed to air." Dr. Brown said