Rapamycin For Younger Looking Skin

Name: Rapamycin For Younger Looking Skin
Uploaded: 2024-04-17T12:00:19+00:00
Duration: 44 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: A Drexel University study applied low-strength rapamycin cream to one hand for several weeks. The treated side showed fewer wrinkles, smaller pores…

17 Apr 2024 · 1 min

Watch on YouTube

0:44

A Drexel University study applied low-strength rapamycin cream to one hand for several weeks. The treated side showed fewer wrinkles, smaller pores, thicker skin, and fewer aging cells. Biopsies revealed a more organized basement membrane and less elastin damage.

Questions this video answers

Drexel University, Philadelphia.

A very thin, very low-strength topical rapamycin cream.

Every 1–2 days.

Several weeks.

One hand (the other hand was untreated).

Chapters

So a study at Drexel University, Philadelphia, did a study on a split body study. One hand was treated, one hand wasn't treated. Where they used a very thin, very, very weak strength of rapamycin cream, put on the hands every one to two days for several weeks. And they looked at signs of aging on the skin on the treated hand versus the untreated hand. What they found was that the skin looked younger in the treated side, had less wrinkles, looked to have less pore size and less damage to the to the elastin. And when they biopsy the skin, they found collagen, a more organized basement membrane. They saw better elastosis or better retractability. They saw thicker dermis, which is good, and they saw less senescent cells.