Anti-Wrinkle Compound Causes Pathological Reaction in Skin Cells

Quebec City, April 11, 2007 -- Researchers from Université Laval’s Faculty of Medicine have discovered that a compound commonly used in many antiwrinkle products causes a pathological reaction in skin cells. Guillaume Morissette, Lucie Germain, and François Marceau present their conclusions about the mode of action of this substance—called DMAE—in the latest edition of the British Journal of Dermatology.>>> Discuss This Story