Why intravenous vitamin C delivers what high-dose oral supplements often cannot.
Oral vitamin C plateaus. Above a certain single-dose threshold, intestinal absorption drops sharply and most of the rest is excreted. To reach plasma levels that have an antioxidant, immune-supportive, or collagen-stimulating effect, you need a different delivery route.
IV vitamin C bypasses the gut. The full dose enters circulation, producing substantially higher plasma levels than oral supplementation can achieve. That is what allows the therapeutic effects clients book this protocol for, immune support, antioxidant load during stress periods or after travel, skin collagen support as a foundation alongside topical and treatment protocols.
A typical IV session is 60 minutes. The vial is delivered as the full clinical dose, never split, by our DHA-licensed nurse after a brief health check. You can read, work, or rest through it.
Who is this for. Clients with high oxidative stress loads, athletes in peak training, frequent travellers, anyone recovering from illness, clients running a brightening or skin-quality programme who want internal support alongside topical work.
Who should not have it. Anyone with a known glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, which we always screen for before vitamin C IV, as high-dose vitamin C in G6PD-deficient patients can trigger haemolysis. We screen for kidney disease, iron overload conditions, and active cancer treatments without oncology clearance.
This is not a daily supplement. It is a periodic, clinically-administered boost, generally once every two to four weeks during a course, with maintenance every one to three months thereafter. We discuss the right interval for you at consultation.
For most clients, the most measurable effect is on energy, recovery, and skin clarity across a course of four to six sessions. The brightening benefit compounds with topical vitamin C in your morning routine, the IV builds the internal load, the topical delivers the surface effect.