Hong Kong, April 8 -- Me and vitamin C? It's complicated! A boon for many and a bane for some- vitamin C has held a complicated status ever since its advent in the beauty bracket, courtesy of some of its unstable qualities. So, if you share a complicated status with the ingredient too, here we have dermatologists giving us a detailed guide to the best vitamin C alternatives.

Once a skincare ingredient enters your routine it is quite difficult to let go, and in this saturated space, one such ingredient is vitamin C. It kickstarted as a mere active ingredient, and from there on one thing led to another and the next thing we know vitamin C is everywhere! Call it a staple or a mainstay, vitamin C has been dominating skincare routines lately,...