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Can Collagen Cream Get Into the Skin?

Dermatologist Natalia Spierings says rubbing collagen or collagen peptides onto skin with a face cream does not work. The peptide is too big to penetrate deep down to where collagen lives. She says the peptide is like an elephant trying to squeeze through a dog flap door in a patio door. Collagen in a fancy moisturizer stays on the skin until it washes away.

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Collagen Peptides: Should You Take Them? ·

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