Can You Use Benzoyl Peroxide With Vitamin C?
Separate or space out
With care.
Benzoyl peroxide oxidizes ascorbic acid, so the vitamin C turns yellow-brown and loses its antioxidant activity before it can do anything useful.
How to use Benzoyl Peroxide and Vitamin C
Use them at opposite ends of the day, or on alternating days.
General guidance from common dermatological advice, not medical advice. If you use a prescription treatment, follow your prescriber’s instructions.
Layering
Related pairings
- Retinol with Benzoyl PeroxideDo not combine
- Retinol with Vitamin CSeparate or space out
- Vitamin C with AHASeparate or space out
- Vitamin C with BHASeparate or space out
- AHA with Benzoyl PeroxideSeparate or space out
- Peptides with Vitamin CSeparate or space out
- Vitamin C with NiacinamideWorks well together
- Adapalene with Benzoyl PeroxideWorks well together
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