DMAE (dimethylaminoethanol) is a component of many anti-aging creams. The alcohol with amine function to stabilize cell membranes and thus achieve a toning effect on the skin. But instead of a gentle face lift, the substance can damage the skin dramatically. Scientists came to this conclusion of the Canadian Laval University in Quebec.
As the team Guillaume Morissette in laboratory skin cells with the metabolic product brought into contact, the so-called fibroblasts swelled immediately and violently. These cells in the connective tissue of the skin produce collagen quality important. In the following hours, the scientists observed that the cells divided much more slowly. A considerable part of the fibroblasts died from even. After 24 hours, a quarter of the collagen-producing cells of dead anti-wrinkle effect was stirred ago according to scientists from the swelling of the fibroblasts, which makes the skin appear plumper.
Untested drug effects
Study leader Guillaume Morissette stressed that he was not as a cosmetic ingredient DMAE will condemn in principle, but says also: "DMAE has pharmacological properties, but there are few scientific conclusions about its effect. It is high time to deal with whether the substance is a health risk. "
DMAE, which is found not only in anti-aging creams, but as a tool in many other amenities, is for the scientist not an isolated case dar. Many ingredients in cosmetics were like drugs. But the laws regulating such products are far less stringent than for drugs - a fact that Guillaume Morissette is not justified holds.
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