Dr. Maher Mahmoud on Rice Water and Frankincense Skin Masks
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Summary
In a television interview, Dr. Maher Mahmoud discusses claims about rice-water and frankincense masks, saying these home remedies do not reach deeper skin layers to address wrinkles.
In a television interview, Dr. Maher Mahmoud addresses social-media claims that rice water and frankincense masks can tighten skin or reduce wrinkles. He describes these home mixtures as surface treatments that do not reach the deeper layers involved in those concerns.
Mahmoud points to the skin barrier as a reason larger particles in homemade mixtures cannot reach the intended layers. The article contrasts them with specialized pharmacy products that, he says, use delivery technologies such as nano or liposomal formulations to make smaller particles available to the skin.
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