Ceramides go on. These go under.
Your skin builds its own ceramides, and it builds fewer of them with age. A cream replaces what sits on the surface. A capsule works on the supply. They are not the same job.
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Short pieces on what's happening underneath — what these formulas are actually doing, how long any of it takes, and what a supplement can't do. Useful whether or not you buy anything.
Your skin builds its own ceramides, and it builds fewer of them with age. A cream replaces what sits on the surface. A capsule works on the supply. They are not the same job.
Nothing is visible in week one, and anyone promising otherwise is selling something. What's happening in the weeks before anything shows — and what to judge it on instead of the mirror.
Collagen you swallow doesn't arrive as collagen. Your body has to build it again — and the step that finishes the job doesn't run without vitamin C.