The Claim
Supplementation with 80 mg vitamin C and 5 g hydrolyzed collagen for 16 weeks reduces wrinkle volume, depth, and roughness, and increases dermis density in healthy middle-aged women.
What the research says
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Taking 80 mg of vitamin C and 5 g of hydrolyzed collagen daily for 16 weeks decreases wrinkle volume, depth, and roughness, and increases the density of the dermis in healthy middle-aged women.
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Supplementation with 80 mg vitamin C and 5 g hydrolyzed collagen for 16 weeks reduces wrinkle volume, depth, and roughness, and increases dermis density in healthy middle-aged women.
When you eat collagen peptides, your body breaks them down into tiny pieces that travel through your blood to the skin. There, they tell skin cells to make more collagen and stop breaking it down. Vitamin C acts like a glue to help the new collagen stick together properly. This makes the deeper layer of skin thicker and firmer, which smooths out wrinkles.
What the research says
3 studiesTaking 80 mg of vitamin C and 5 g of collagen every day for 16 weeks really does make skin thicker, smoother, and less wrinkled in middle-aged women, as shown by this study.
This study shows that taking a collagen and vitamin C supplement for 12 weeks reduces wrinkle depth and improves skin collagen, similar to what the claim says would happen after 16 weeks, so it supports the idea that such supplements help skin.
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