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Collagen induction therapy, also known as micro-needling, is a common and effective cosmetic dermatologic procedure for reducing scars from acne, injury, and to reduce wrinkles.  Micro needling works quite well, and so is proving popular for both cosmetic skin improvement and medical reasons, such as scar reduction from injury. Unfortunately, not all patients produce collagen at the same levels, and so this results in varying degrees of improvement observed from the procedure.

This article is about the one time you should definitely, absolutely, be well aware of what you’re eating and the steps you can take to avoid something dangerous to your health.

A new study shows that the same procedure to create stem cells from skin for research, can also stop or reverse the aging process in mice.

Our modern diets are resulting in a disease normally associated with sailors from medieval times.  Patients are showing up to hospitals with wounds that won't heal and other symptoms:  they have scurvy.

There are two major vitamins used by our bodies in renewing skin, vitamin C and vitamin A.  Vitamin C is key in your body's production of collagen, a building block of skin among other vital parts.  Vitamin A is used in cell differentiation when it comes time to build the layers of the dermis (skin) and integrate that available collagen.  Here's why you don't get enough of either...