Is it harmful to take too much Vitamin C?

Question

Are mega doses of Vitamin C, that is 1,000 or 2,000 mg daily, helpful or harmful? A Botox doctor said, one should take this much Vitamin C daily at any age because it aids in young skin.

Answer 1

taking mega doses of Vitamin C does no earthly good, you body uses only what it needs and excretes the rest, so you pee out about 1200mg of vitamin C if you take 2000. In addition it is hard on your kidneys and can cause kidney stones.

Answer 2

Vitamin C is a water soluable vitamin so any extra in your system will just pass through and you will urinate it out