22/06/2026
Social media will have you believing your antihistamines and your laptop screen are destroying your collagen. The reality is far less interesting and far more fixable!
There’s a growing trend of content around obscure collagen killers, blue light exposure, overtraining, heavy metals, and while some of these things can play a role, they’re not where most people’s attention should be going.
The biggest drivers of collagen loss for the vast majority of people are the basics. Sleep quality, diet, chronic inflammation, and general lifestyle. These aren’t exciting to talk about, they don’t make for compelling content, but they are what’s actually making the most significant difference to how your skin ages and how your body repairs and maintains itself.
Getting these foundations right first is what makes everything else, every treatment, every product, every supplement, work significantly harder. The marginal gains from optimising the more obscure stuff only become relevant when the foundations are genuinely solid.
If you’d like to understand what’s actually affecting your skin health and what to prioritise, head to the link in my bio to book a consultation 💌