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KMID : 0604220060130040120
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Korean Journal Investigative Dermatology
2006 Volume.13 No. 4 p.120 ~ p.124
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Dietary Bee Pollen Supplementation Does not Improve Signs of Photoaging in Human Skin in Vivo
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Cho So-Yun
Won Chong-Hyun
Cho Kwang-Hyun
Chung Jin-Ho
Lee Dong-Hun
Choi Chong-Won
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Abstract
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In order to determine whether dietary bee pollen improves signs of cutaneous aging, healthy female subjects over the age of 45 were recruited and received 2 different doses(lower-dose, 1,000 mg/d; higher-dose, 4,000mg/d) of bee pollen extract supplementation for 90 days. Baseline status was used as control. At baseline and completion of study, facial wrinkles were measured using skin replicas, and facial elasticity by an in vivo suction skin elasticity meter. After pollen intake, facial wrinkles and elasticity did not improve (p>0.05) in either group. Facial erythema and pigmentation did not change significantly in either group. The results of the study demonstrate that short-term bee pollen supplementation does not have significant anti-aging effects in photoaged human skin in vivo. However, insignificant improvements in numerical values of facial wrinkles, elasticity and erythema measurements indicate that a long-term pollen supplementation may be associated with photoprotective effects.
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KEYWORD
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Bee pollen, Aging, Skin, Wrinkles, Elasticity
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