Solutions, Hydration Rescue with Hyabest® hyaluronic acid, Helps Maintain Youthful Looking Skin*, Supports Healthy Skin Moisture*, 60 Veg Capsules

If used regularly, you will see the difference! Of course, everyone’s body is different, but this works great for me.

Hyaluronic acid may help keep the skin moisturized and tight, and may also be good for joints. There is some evidence that when taken internally, it can have these effects. I have been taking it regularly for a few months, and it does seem to be making a difference in terms of the appearance of my skin (although I use many other supplements that may help too). My only issue with this formula is that it contains a little collagen from fish, which is essentially Type 1 collagen. Typically, I consume way more than what is in the formula (it is usually taken in gram amounts rather than milligrams). There is nothing wrong with the collagen in this; it's just that the amount generally taken couldn't fit in a few small pills. So, this formula is good, but I don't see the reason for the collagen. The brand, Now Foods, is excellent. They do all kinds of quality control and testing. They are very trustworthy and are priced very fairly and competitively. If you want a hyaluronic acid and collagen combo, this is a great choice.

Product and packaging is fine, just could never really tell if I was getting a benefit

I just started taking them

These are medium-sized white capsules, measuring 22.1 mm (.87 inch) long. They’re full of white powder. I find them easy to swallow. A serving of two capsules provides a good dose of hyaluronic in two forms, one called Hyabest and one not. I can’t find any information on what makes Hyabest better or even different from regular hyaluronic acid. It seems more like a marketing term than anything. Two capsules also provide 200 mg of collagen, which is silly, since that’s a tiny amount. I take about 20 g (20,000 mg) of collagen daily, which is a more typical dose if you want any benefit from it. Also, in fine print, these say they contain wheat. I don’t know which of the ingredients might be from wheat, but if you have a wheat allergy, be aware. There are other hyaluronic acid supplements that have about the same dose as this, but in one capsule instead of two, since they don’t have collagen taking up space in the capsules. I find it more convenient to take one capsule than two, so this isn’t my favorite hyaluronic acid supplement, but it’s OK.

The study “Oral Administration of Polymer Hyaluronic Acid Alleviates Symptoms of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study over a 12-Month Period” in the journal The Scientific World Journal (2012) showed a benefit from taking hyaluronic acid from Hyabest (one of the sources of hyaluronic acid in this supplement). That study used 200 mg of hyaluronic acid, all from Hyabest. These capsules have a total of 120 mg of hyaluronic acid per capsule, only half of which comes from Hyabest. They do recommend 2 capsule a day, which puts the dose over 200 mg of hyaluronic acid, though again, only half of that is from Hyabest. But that’s JustMe. (I received this product in exchange for an honest review, and that is what I have offered here.)

This supplement is advertised to support healthy skin moisture, but I take it to help alleviate mild arthritic knee pain. Glucosamine chondroitin doesn’t work very well for me, but Boswellia and hyaluronic acid do. What’s in this formula is a nice combination of Hyabest®, sodium hyaluronate and hydrolyzed collagen. If these ingredients help skin feel more supple, that’s an added bonus, but I’m more concerned about reducing knee pain, and these help do that. This isn’t the only brand I use, but NOW is one I trust—they’ve been in business for a long time and manufacture premium products.

I guess I expected a lot. Lot it would improve skin from the inside, but I did not notice any changes after taking the full bottle. I did not experience any negative effects; no stomach issues taking it. With supplements I like to take the full bottle and then stop them for at least 2 weeks to see if I notice anything different. I honestly could not tell anything on or off. I am 50. So maybe as I stated, I expected too much.