The Unusual Health Habit Eva Longoria Swears By To Fight Premature Aging – Health Digest
The placental extracts used in commercially available skincare creams and lotions are generally derived from animal sources. The extract then undergoes a purification process before being made into a topical product, Dr. Harold Lancer, founder of Lancer Skincare, explained to Byrdie. Sheep are one frequently-used animal source, but researchers from a 2023 study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research Dermatology alternatively examined whether placental extract from horses had any anti-aging effects on skin.
The study involved 24 women between 37 and 54 years of age who each had varying degrees of wrinkles. A topical anti-wrinkle eye cream containing horse placental extract was administered on one side of each woman’s face. After two weeks, notable improvement was seen in wrinkles at the corner of the eye (sometimes referred to as crow’s feet) on the side of the face that had been treated with the cream. The researchers attributed this perceived improvement to a decrease in wrinkle width and the total number of wrinkles present.