Well, hello, hello, guys, you're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K, Secrets of a Plastic

Surgeon, and it's time for a five-minute Friday.

And today on the podcast, I want to talk to you all about collagen powder.

And this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart.

And why?

It's because I've been working on a great collagen powder for you guys for the last two to three years.

And I've tried so many different variations.

And I personally have noticed a huge improvement in my skin elasticity, texture, tone, even

in my neck joints.

And being a head and neck surgeon that's always staring over people's faces, leaning

in surgery and crinkling up my neck and those neck joints have

taken a beating and I definitely feel the improvement when I take my collagen. So I've

heard a lot of trash talk about people saying that collagen is just a protein and

your stomach's going to digest it. None of it's going to get to your skin. Even some of

my esteemed colleagues talk like that.

And I just want to set the record straight because I think as we look at collagen powders,

we need to, number one, be sure we're looking at the quality of the powder.

And number two, just make sure that you've actually done your homework and you've reviewed

the medical literature out there because the literature does support the fact that taking an oral collagen supplement is going to improve your skin.

And this is scientific research, everything from double-blinded studies to meta-analysis

to looking at prospective controlled studies.

So I am a big fan of collagen peptides. If you are taking a collagen

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