Hyaluronan – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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One of the big beauty brands is pitching an expensive skin creme with hyaluronic acid as a main ingredient. I’d never heard of it, and a quick WikiLook reveals this:

…hyaluronan contributes significantly to cell proliferation and migration, and may also be involved in the progression of some malignant tumors.

Beauty is only skin cancer deep.

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