“To believe this is like wanting to cross the Atlantic in kayak. Possible, but highly improbable”.
Each week, on RTL, Doctor Jimmy Mohamed answers the auditors’ questions in his column It’s much better. Friday, February 21, he addressed a subject that arouses a lot of interest: the effectiveness of a largely acclaimed anti-wrinkle. A product found everywhere, from pharmacies to the beauty shelves of supermarkets, including influencers on social networks. Promising younger and firmer skin, is this food supplement really effective? The expert’s response is final.
With age, the skin loses elasticity, wrinkles appear, and the fight against aging becomes a very lucrative market. Many food supplements claim spectacular anti-aging effects. But should we believe them? “We have to understand how our body works”explains Jimmy Mohamed on RTL. When you ingest this type of supplements, the body does not assimilate them directly in their original form. “Your stomach will first cut them into very small molecules, which will then be fragmented by the intestine”continues the doctor. These fragments are then found in the blood circulation, but that does not mean that they will be reconstituted as if by magic where we need them. “To believe this is like wanting to cross the Atlantic in kayak. Possible, but highly improbable”he illustrates.
In addition, according to INSERM, studies on the subject have methodological shortcomings, and the results obtained must be taken back. “We lack solid data to say that this product has a real impact on the skin”confirm several dermatologists questioned by The world. However, Jimmy Mohamed does not question the importance of certain skin substances. “But if you want to take care of your epidermis, it is better to adopt simple and effective gestures”he says. Among them: avoid excessive exposure to the sun, use a sunscreen daily and above all sleep well. “It is during sleep that skin cells naturally make what they need to stay elastic and healthy”recalls the doctor. This is why marine collagen, very popular and present in many products intended to reduce the signs of age, would not actually hold its promises.
“If it makes you happy and you have the impression that it works, why not”nuance the doctor. “But in first intention, I would not recommend it to you.”
