Taking a special hyaluronic acid supplement every day for a month may make women's skin feel and look better, according to how they describe it themselves.

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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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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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DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2021.4176

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