New Fat-based Anti-wrinkle Lotion Slows Down Aging of Skin, Study Shows

Topical applications of a naturally occurring fat molecule have the potential to slow down skin aging, whether through natural causes or damage. Through both the normal aging process and external factors like UV damage, smooth, young skin inevitably becomes coarse and wrinkled. The basis of this wrinkling is that time and damage both lower the production of new collagen while increasing the levels of enzymes called MMPs that chew up existing collagen.

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