Taking a daily pill of hyaluronic acid for 3 months can make your wrinkles look about 19% smaller than if you didn’t take it, according to this claim.

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Oral intake of a new full-spectrum hyaluronan improves skin profilometry and ageing: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

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2021 Dec 1

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