How To Reverse Skin Wrinkles (latest science) — Transcript

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1. 0:00we have the tools to reverse skin
2. 0:02wrinkles and the signs of skin aging
3. 0:04today this is not for vanity reasons how
4. 0:06our skin looks reflects our chances of
5. 0:09living a long life and if we see a young
6. 0:11person in the mirror we're far more
7. 0:13likely to identify as a young person and
8. 0:15practice those healthy life habits so in
9. 0:18addition to diet exercise and sleep the
10. 0:21most important strategy is sunscreen and
11. 0:23the only pushback that I've seen against
12. 0:25sunscreen is safety which we'll cover
13. 0:27shortly in a 2013 randomized trial
14. 0:30involving over 900 adults the group who
15. 0:32used daily sunscreen had no detectable
16. 0:35increases in skin aging after four and a
17. 0:37half years they essentially stopped
18. 0:39their skin from aging just by using
19. 0:42sunscreen and a follow-up 2016 paper
20. 0:44showed the reversal of skin aging
21. 0:46parameters but there are safety concerns
22. 0:49about sunscreen so broadly speaking
23. 0:51we've got mineral sunscreens and
24. 0:53chemical sunscreens and some chemical
25. 0:55sunscreen ingredients are absorbed into
26. 0:57the bloodstream but it's important to
27. 0:59note that as of 2023 there are no known
28. 1:02Harms in humans from these ingredients
29. 1:04being absorbed and the American Academy
30. 1:06of Dermatology unambiguously states that
31. 1:09sunscreen is safe to use nevertheless
32. 1:12some people may elect to use mineral
33. 1:14sunscreens because they are not absorbed
34. 1:16but the downside is that they often
35. 1:18don't protect against the Sun's UV
36. 1:20radiation as well as chemical sunscreens
37. 1:22and they can be difficult to apply now
38. 1:24one mineral sunscreen are found to be
39. 1:26quite good is from Elta MD but still
40. 1:29it's not as good as a chemical based
41. 1:31sunscreen particularly because we have a
42. 1:33chemical ingredient called bimetrisinal
43. 1:35which does protect against the different
44. 1:37UV wavelengths but its best quality is
45. 1:40its large size meaning that it doesn't
46. 1:42get absorbed into the bloodstream and
47. 1:44some brands that use bermatrisinal
48. 1:46include Lara shape Posay and Nivea
49. 1:49unfortunately though there is a problem
50. 1:51even though we've known about
51. 1:52bimetresinal since the 1990s it's still
52. 1:55not FDA approved so bimetresenol is
53. 1:58widely used in Europe and Australia Asia
54. 2:00but it's not available in the USA and
55. 2:02it's hoped that we would get approval
56. 2:04for this in mid-2024. overall sunscreen
57. 2:07is crucial for youthful looking skin and
58. 2:10the current guidelines suggest that
59. 2:12chemical sunscreens are safe personally
60. 2:14I also supplement with a thousand units
61. 2:16of vitamin D found in the multivitamin
62. 2:18and mineral I take called microvitamin
63. 2:21what we've dealt with is photo aging now
64. 2:23we need to have a look at so-called
65. 2:25normal aging where our collagen
66. 2:27decreases by about 75 percent the great
67. 2:30news is that we can rebuild our collagen
68. 2:32ropes by supplementing with hydrolyzed
69. 2:34collagen as evidenced by a 2020 review
70. 2:37that included 10 separate randomized
71. 2:40clinical trials all of the included
72. 2:42studies included beneficial effects on
73. 2:44skin Health parameters including
74. 2:46moisture elasticity and wrinkle number
75. 2:48plus there was a further 2022 randomized
76. 2:51clinical trial again showing skin Health
77. 2:53improvements with collagen peptides it
78. 2:56reduced the wrinkles around the Eyes by
79. 2:58eight percent collagen and peptides are
80. 3:01short chains of amino acids and amino
81. 3:03acids make up protein so one interesting
82. 3:06question is whether collagen peptides
83. 3:08offer any further benefits Beyond simply
84. 3:10supplementing with protein to explore
85. 3:12this a 2020 study of burn patients was
86. 3:15done where one group was supplemented
87. 3:17with protein and the other group
88. 3:19supplemented with collagen peptides what
89. 3:21they found is that the wound healing
90. 3:23rate was significantly higher with the
91. 3:25collagen peptides compared to protein I
92. 3:28use 10 to 15 grams of collagen peptides
93. 3:30every day now we want to step on the gas
94. 3:33of the skin rebuilding process which is
95. 3:35where retinal creams come in they
96. 3:37stimulate the skin cells to produce
97. 3:39collagen fibers and improve the skin
98. 3:42blood supply we can see from a 2007
99. 3:44randomized clinical trial where the
100. 3:46group who used the retinal lotion had
101. 3:49significant decreases in their wrinkle
102. 3:50scores and many subsequent trials have
103. 3:53confirmed the same thing when you start
104. 3:55using retinol creams it does make your
105. 3:57skin more sensitive so I strongly advise
106. 3:59to use these creams at night and to
107. 4:01always wear sunscreen during the day
108. 4:03there are different versions of retinol
109. 4:05creams and broadly speaking we've got
110. 4:07adephalene and tretinoin in a large 2018
111. 4:10trial both creams offered similar
112. 4:12improvements in the signs of skin aging
113. 4:14but adapaline has the advantage that
114. 4:16it's less irritating to the skin
115. 4:18personally I use tretinoin because
116. 4:20that's the one available at the strength
117. 4:22I want in New Zealand now that we've
118. 4:24improved the blood supply to our skin
119. 4:26the next component we want to rebuild is
120. 4:28hyaluronic acid which also decreases as
121. 4:31we age but just like collagen we can
122. 4:33rebuild hyaluronic acid using
123. 4:35supplements as evidenced by multiple
124. 4:37randomized clinical trials including
125. 4:39this one in 2021 showing an 18
126. 4:42Improvement in wrinkle depth importantly
127. 4:45that study was not sponsored by a
128. 4:47supplement company now the only pushback
129. 4:49I've seen against hyaluronic acid
130. 4:51supplements is a concern about cancer
131. 4:53but when hyaluronic acid was given to
132. 4:55mice that already had cancer there were
133. 4:57no changes in cancer growth I I take 200
134. 5:00milligrams of hyaluronic acid which is
135. 5:02also found in microvitamin next is
136. 5:05vitamin B3 the clinical guidelines
137. 5:07suggest that it can improve Skin Barrier
138. 5:09function by decreasing water loss
139. 5:11through the outer layer of the skin
140. 5:13vitamin B3 is also reported to improve
141. 5:16complexion by improving pigmentation
142. 5:18blotchiness and redness of aging skin
143. 5:20there are a few other tools to reverse
144. 5:23the signs of skin aging including laser
145. 5:25treatment photodynamic therapy and Botox
146. 5:28so not filler but Botox you can see that
147. 5:31there are plenty of tools available to
148. 5:33us today in addition to diet exercise
149. 5:35and sleep to help you look significantly
150. 5:37younger than your age make sure to check
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