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A member asked:

Can using oral collagen and tretionin cream really help skin thicker and shrink the pores ? and how long it will take effect ?

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NO: As far as I can tell from a search it does not make skin thicker or shrink the pores

Dr Rothstein agreed

Answered 8/27/2014

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