Biocracked
←

#verisol

1 article
Approach: the human outcome. Palette: natural.

Extreme close-up of a woman's eye and the delicate skin around it, shot from a slight three-quarter angle with a 100mm macro lens and a shallow depth of field. Her skin is a mature 50s complexion with fine crow's feet that are sharp and tactile, with visible pores and soft vellus hairs. Her gaze is relaxed and not at the camera, and the face is cropped so identity isn't the focus. Soft, directional window daylight rakes across the skin from the left to bring out the wrinkle texture, with gentle warm skin tones and a blurred leafy green background outdoors. A single glass of water with a faint dissolving powder swirl sits out of focus in the foreground, with a tiny electric green leaf highlight at the edge. The mood is calm, honest and quietly scientific.
peptides

2.5 g of Collagen Peptides Cut Eye Wrinkles 20% in 8 Weeks

BY NOVA CHEN ·

Collagen is one of the most searched beauty and longevity supplements, but few products have placebo-controlled human data. In this trial of 114 women aged 45-65, 2.5 g a day of the specific bioactive peptide Verisol cut eye wrinkle volume by 20% versus placebo after 8 weeks. Biopsies showed 65% more procollagen type I and 18% more elastin, while a 6% fibrillin bump wasn't significant. The effect was still detectable 4 weeks after the last dose. But the results apply to one branded peptide in one population, not every collagen powder, so here's what the paper does and doesn't prove.

This page is available in