After reading that thread I went looking for something that checked all three boxes.
Marine collagen. Vitamin C included. Something I'd actually take every day.
A woman in the same thread mentioned she'd been taking Halo Labs collagen gummies and that they were the first ones that actually worked for her.
I almost scrolled past it because at that point I didn't believe anything would work.
But I checked the label online. Marine collagen.
2,500mg per serving which is the dose the actual studies used. Vitamin C and hyaluronic acid built into every serving.
And they're gummies so there's no powder, no pills, no mixing, no taste issues.
I ordered them mostly out of spite.
Like fine, if this doesn't work then collagen is officially dead to me.
Week 2 my nails stopped breaking. I didn't even realize it until I looked down and noticed they were longer than they'd been in years.
Week 5 my skin started feeling different. Not dramatically. Just less dry. Like it was holding moisture on its own for the first time in a long time.
Week 8 my sister asked me what I was doing differently.
She said my face looked brighter. I almost cried because I'd spent a year thinking nothing worked and it turned out I was just taking the wrong thing the whole time.
It's been 4 months now. My skin looks alive again. I don't know how else to describe it. It just looks like me again.
If you've tried collagen and it didn't work, check those 3 things.
It probably wasn't collagen that failed you. It was the product.
