Collagen supplements are good for hair and skin?
As you get older collagen declines, particularly in the skin, and this is what contributes to a lot of aging.
But what has happened is the ‘big boys’ in the beauty industry have got hold of this scientific fact, and they’re created a whole industry full of collagen supplements that just don’t work.
The reason being is that by ingesting collagen, that largely comes from ground up farm animals by the way, which people never advertise, you ingest it, and it doesn’t get absorbed. So they started making collagens of really small segments of collagen that do get absorbed. But that doesn’t mean that that collagen you’re drinking actually makes it into the skin compartments where the collagen is lost as you get older.
So it is just such a waste of money and I do not recommend people to take collagen supplements.
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Dr Ophelia Veraitch, MBBS, BSc (Hons), PhD, MRCP (Derm)
Dr Ophelia Veraitch is an award-winning private consultant dermatologist based on London’s Harley Street, specialising in medical and cosmetic dermatology, including acne, eczema, rosacea, hyperpigmentation and hair loss. An Imperial College London graduate, she holds a PhD in dermatology focused on hair follicle bioengineering and completed specialist training at St John’s Institute of Dermatology. Read her professional background.
Her accolades include Consultant Dermatologist of the Year 2024 (London) at the GHP Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Awards and the Royal Society of Medicine’s Hugh Wallace Registrar’s Prize (2017). Quoted as an expert in British Vogue, she brings clinical expertise and research experience to her articles on skin and hair health.
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