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Peptides for Skin and Hair: Topical, Oral and Injectable Compared

Peptide serums, collagen powders and peptide injections compared: what the studies found for skin and hair, the 2025 collagen twist, and which risks matter.

12 Aug 2026 Read
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Who Should Not Use Peptide Therapy

Peptide marketing treats everyone as a candidate. Here is the list a careful clinician runs through before discussing any peptide, from pregnancy and cancer history to heart disease and drug testing.

10 Aug 2026 8 min read Read
From the clinic

Who Should Not Use Peptide Therapy

Pregnancy, cancer history, heart disease, diabetes, pituitary problems and drug testing: the situations where peptide therapy is a poor idea, and why.

10 Aug 2026 Read
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Collagen Peptides: What Oral Supplements Can and Can't Do

Collagen is the peptide most Americans already take, as a powder in their coffee. Low risk, yes. But a 2025 meta-analysis found the skin benefits faded when industry-funded studies were set aside.

9 Aug 2026 8 min read Read
From the clinic

Collagen Peptides: What Oral Supplements Can and Can't Do

Do collagen supplements work for skin, joints and hair? What the 2021 and 2025 meta-analyses found, why they disagree, and how to decide if it's worth it.

9 Aug 2026 Read
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Peptides and Drug Testing: What Athletes Must Know

BPC-157, TB-500, CJC-1295, ipamorelin and MOTS-c are all named on WADA's 2026 list, banned in and out of competition. A prescription won't protect you. Here is what tested athletes need to check first.

8 Aug 2026 7 min read Read
From the clinic

Peptides and Drug Testing: What Athletes Must Know

Which peptides are on the 2026 WADA Prohibited List, how catch-all categories and TUEs work, and why a prescription or FDA news won't protect a tested athlete.

8 Aug 2026 Read
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Melanotan II: Why the "Tanning Peptide" Worries Dermatologists

Tan injections promise color without the sunburn. Melanotan II has never been approved as a medicine, and dermatologists have spent fifteen years documenting why they are worried.

6 Aug 2026 7 min read Read
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Melanotan II: Why the "Tanning Peptide" Worries Dermatologists

Melanotan II is an unapproved tanning peptide sold online. What it is, the mole, melanoma and toxicity case reports, and what to do if you've used it.

6 Aug 2026 Read

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