Everyone's skin changes with growing age in response to the elements that assail the skin, including age, ultraviolet rays of the sun, air pollution and environmental toxins like tobacco. Normally, aging skin tends to be thinner, looser and more prone to fine wrinkles. However, environmental factors can hasten facial wrinkle formation even among the young. Researchers suggest that adequate amounts of vitamins can repair deep wrinkles chiseled by age and environmental stimuli, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Vitamin A
Vitamin A has notable skin-protecting effects. UV rays cause a functional vitamin A deficiency in human skin that accelerates skin aging and contributes to irreversible skin damage and wrinkling, notes the UMMC. Sunlight causes the skin to tan and age prematurely. In severe cases, UV radiation causes sunburn and changes the skin beyond repair. Some topical creams that contain vitamin A and retinoids -- a vitamin A derivative -- can stimulate collagen production in the skin, according to UAB Health System. Collagen is a major protein in the skin that helps remodel and repair the skin.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C also called ascorbic acid plays a paramount role as an antioxidant and free-radical scavenger, protecting the skin from oxidative damage. Vitamin C also increases the capacity of the body's immune system and helps reduce the damage caused by free-radical-producing ultraviolet rays. Vitamin C is also important in forming collagen, an elastic fiber that provides the skin its mechanical strength.
Vitamin E
Topical creams containing vitamin E such as alpha tocopherol cream, help reduce appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, according to the De Paul University. Facial aging is now established to be due to a number of factors, including free radicals or highly reactive molecular fragments. Vitamin E is a potent antioxidant that protects cell constituents from the damaging effects of free radicals. Thus, vitamin E helps slow the skin's aging process.
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