Recently, nicotinamide, a fairy whitening ingredient, has caused a heated discussion in the snack circle! Under the slogan "Nicotinic acid helps to maintain the health of skin and mucous membrane", some merchants have introduced cookies with nicotinamide formula, and even jointly promoted them with nicotinamide mask. Nicotinamide was also added to a fruit-flavored beverage popular with young people, claiming that "medically speaking, nicotinamide taken orally can be metabolized to the surface of skin through exercise, and it can also play a certain role in whitening, brightening and anti-aging."
In this regard, dermatologists said that nicotinamide is a kind of vitamin B family, which has a good effect in inhibiting melanin precipitation and anti-inflammation. However, adding snacks and drinks will have little cosmetic effect.
Delicious and beautiful? There are expectations and doubts.
What is the consumer's acceptance of snacks with "beauty" effect introduced by food enterprises? The reporter interviewed several citizens randomly, and many young girls still have expectations for this kind of snacks. "If you can whiten, you won't feel guilty about eating more snacks."
However, more people are skeptical: "Snacks can't be eaten by themselves?" "Will this skin care external product be effective when it is made into food?"
"Compared with traditional oral beauty products, consumers are more tolerant of beauty products that are biased towards snacks, and their pursuit of product efficacy is lower than that of various professional beauty and skin care products." An industry insider told reporters that with the continuous addition of food brands, oral beauty products are constantly exploring in the direction of snacks. While beauty snacks add so-called beauty ingredients, their value has also increased a lot.
What the hell is nicotinamide?
Nicotinamide, also known as nicotinamide, is an amide compound of nicotinic acid. Speaking of nicotinamide, its other name, vitamin B3, is much more grounded, and it is one of the 13 vitamins necessary for human body. Nicotinamide is a derivative of vitamin B3, which belongs to B vitamins.
It has been reported that nicotinamide can inhibit melanosome transport system by 35%-68%. Clinical trials have proved that skin care products containing nicotinamide can reduce the number and range of human skin spots. Long-term use of skin care products containing nicotinamide can promote the color fading of spots, improve skin conditions, and thus achieve the effect of whitening skin.
Will it work? Dermatologists call it "hard to say"
Nicotinamide, a whitening ingredient, is added to food, will it really have an effect? "It's hard." Dr. Dai Junlai from the Department of Dermatology, Shanghai Renai Hospital said that food is not a medicine and cannot be expected to have therapeutic functions. Nicotinamide is an essential vitamin for human body. It does play a certain role in inhibiting melanin precipitation and anti-inflammation, but as a whitening product, it can only play an auxiliary role. Now it is added to food, and its whitening effect will be minimal. Dr. Dai Junlai further introduced that nicotinamide is not suitable for everyone, and some people will have redness, dry itching and tingling after using nicotinamide.
Correspondent Xu Lanqing, reporter Zuo Yan