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Hyaluronic Acid HMW (1.0 - 1.5 MDa)
INCI: Sodium Hyaluronate
What is it?
This is hyaluronic acid at the high end of its molecular weight range, made the same way as other hyaluronic acid grades, through bacterial fermentation, but purified and processed to keep its long sugar chains largely intact rather than breaking them into smaller pieces. That large size is the whole point: a chain...
How is it used?
Add the powder slowly into gently stirred water rather than dumping it in, to prevent clumping, and expect it to take longer to fully hydrate, often several hours, than a lower molecular weight grade.
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