Can a pill make your skin look younger?

Original Title

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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Summary

A study gave women a daily pill with a special type of hyaluronic acid to see if it would help their skin look better.

Proposed Mechanism

No biological mechanisms were identified in this study. This may be an epidemiological, observational, or survey-based study that reports associations rather than proposing causal biological pathways.

Quality Analysis
Methodology
49%
Moderate QualityOverall Score
Randomized Controlled TrialMedicine

Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses

Max 100

Randomized Controlled Trials

Max 90

Cohort Studies

Max 72

Case-Control Studies

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Cross-Sectional Studies

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Case Reports & Case Series

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Expert Opinion & Narrative Reviews

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Randomized Controlled Trials
Level 1b
49

49 / 90

Evidence Score

Participants are randomly assigned to treatment or control groups, minimizing bias. Considered the gold standard for testing whether an intervention causes an effect.

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