Collagen banking: Is the latest beauty trend pseudoscience or a new frontier? 

A new skincare marketing term insists you can save up collagen now for later. Here's what we know.
Collagen banking: Is the latest beauty trend pseudoscience or a new frontier? 

“Collagen is a structural protein,” Dawn Hill, facialist and owner of Floraison shares. “It’s in almost every tissue we have; bones; ligaments; eyeballs and, of course, skin.

After the age of 20, we start to lose around 1% of collagen every year, as part of the natural ageing process.

A new skincare marketing term, collagen banking, insists you can save your collagen now for use later. But can you actually ‘bank’ collagen for later? Here’s what we know.

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