Can eating jelly-like stuff make your skin less dry?
Ingested hyaluronan moisturizes dry skin
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Surprising Findings
Oral hyaluronan may trigger your own skin to produce more hyaluronan—rather than just absorbing what you eat.
Everyone assumed ingested HA just passed through. This suggests it acts like a signal to your fibroblasts to ramp up natural HA production.
Practical Takeaways
Try a daily 120–240 mg hyaluronan supplement for 4–6 weeks if you have chronically dry, itchy skin—especially if topical moisturizers don’t help.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Surprising Findings
Oral hyaluronan may trigger your own skin to produce more hyaluronan—rather than just absorbing what you eat.
Everyone assumed ingested HA just passed through. This suggests it acts like a signal to your fibroblasts to ramp up natural HA production.
Practical Takeaways
Try a daily 120–240 mg hyaluronan supplement for 4–6 weeks if you have chronically dry, itchy skin—especially if topical moisturizers don’t help.
Publication
Journal
Nutrition Journal
Year
2014
Authors
Chinatsu Kawada, Takushi Yoshida, Hideto Yoshida, Ryosuke Matsuoka, Wakako Sakamoto, Wataru Odanaka, Toshihide Sato, Takeshi Yamasaki, T. Kanemitsu, Y. Masuda, O. Urushibata
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Claims (5)
Taking hyaluronan by mouth might help your skin stay hydrated for up to two weeks after you stop taking it, maybe because it slows down how fast your skin sheds its outer layer and keeps your skin cells active longer.
Taking hyaluronan pills every day for about a month or two may help make dry skin on your face and arms more moisturized, according to studies done on Japanese adults.
Taking hyaluronan by mouth might help your skin make more of its own hyaluronan and boost skin cell growth, according to lab and animal studies.
Taking hyaluronic acid by mouth might help keep your skin more hydrated, especially if you're Chinese or have mixed heritage, but the studies so far aren't very reliable.
People who swallow hyaluronic acid supplements—whether they’re big or small molecules—tend to have moister skin, which suggests the size of the molecule doesn’t matter for this effect.