In order to make healthy skin, your body needs the building blocks to synthesise important skin proteins like collagen and elastin. These building blocks are known as amino acids.

If you are a vegan or vegetarian, you will really struggle to do this, as these diets are plant based - and there is not a lot of protein in plants.

For my plant based patients looking to optimise skin, I suggest they supplement their diets with protein. Increasing protein will improve the look and feel of skin and also improves the outcomes of a collagen induction treatment such as microneedling, tixel, ultraformer and lasers. This is based on my experience observing clinical results - but I did recently find some evidence on this topic to share.