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★★★★★ Loved by women who wanted their skin to look like theirs again
Gelagen is our berry-flavoured chewable for skin, hair and nails. Two gummies in the morning, thirteen declared nutrients, and every amount printed on the panel instead of hidden inside a blend. No powder to stir, no capsule to swallow, nothing to remember beyond the jar on your kitchen counter.
From $49 a bottle on the six month package. One payment. Nothing renews and no card is kept on file.
13 nutrientsevery amount declared
60 gummiesa full month in a bottle
Why Trust Us
Four claims appear on the front of our bottle. Here is what each one actually means, including the one that means less than people assume.
Made In The USAOur gummies are manufactured in the United States rather than imported and relabelled, which is why we are able to name the facility standard on this page at all.
FDA-Registered FacilityThe plant that makes Gelagen is registered with the Food and Drug Administration and open to inspection. Registration is not approval, and no supplement from any brand carries approval.
GMP StandardsGood Manufacturing Practice governs the boring things that decide whether a label is true: identity testing, batch records, cleaning between runs and retained samples.
Nothing HiddenEvery nutrient we declare has its amount printed beside it. There is no proprietary blend on our panel, because a blend is a way of not telling you how much you are getting.Why Gelagen
There are hundreds of gummies on the shelf. These are the six things we decided to do differently, and each one costs us something.
The single biggest reason a skin routine fails is that it asks for fifteen minutes you do not have. Ours asks for eight seconds beside the kettle. That is the whole commitment, and it is deliberate, because the nutrient you actually swallow beats the one waiting in a cupboard.
Turn the bottle around and you will find a figure beside each nutrient. That lets you add Gelagen to whatever else you take and see the total, which is impossible with a label that only lists ingredients in a blend.
The gel in our gummies comes from pectin, the fibre in apple and citrus peel. Nothing in the base is derived from an animal, and the texture is softer and less chewy for it.
Skin is protein, water and fat held in a structure your body rebuilds constantly. Our panel supplies nutrients that structure genuinely depends on rather than ones that photograph well in marketing.
Our vitamin A figure and our biotin figure both come with things you deserve to know before you order. You will find both on this page, above the price rather than below it.
Sixty days is two full skin renewal cycles. It is the shortest honest window for judging a supplement, and opened bottles are covered because a sealed-only policy is a policy designed never to be claimed.
The Product
Gelagen is a dietary supplement in gummy form. Each bottle holds sixty berry-flavoured gummies set with fruit pectin, which is thirty days at two a day, and each pair carries the thirteen nutrients declared on our panel.
We should be direct about one thing immediately, because the name invites the question. There is no collagen in Gelagen. Swallowed collagen is broken apart into amino acids in your gut like any other protein, and your body then builds its own collagen from scratch using enzymes that require vitamin C to work. We put the vitamin C in and let your body do what it was always going to do anyway.
The rest of the panel follows the same logic. Nothing here is exotic. These are the cofactors that skin, hair and nail tissue draw on constantly, at amounts we print rather than imply.
The Journey
Five stages, and the last one is the reason we ask you to be patient with us.
One serving is two gummies, and the entire panel is calculated for that pair. Chew them properly rather than swallowing them whole — a chewable is designed to start breaking down in your mouth.
Four of our nutrients are fat soluble, which is why we suggest taking Gelagen shortly before breakfast rather than on an empty stomach hours from a meal. A little fat in the gut is what carries them across.
Nutrients do not travel to your face. They travel everywhere, and the tissues that divide fastest draw on them hardest. The basal layer of your skin is one of the busiest tissues you own, which is why skin is often where a shortfall shows first.
Your body assembles keratin and collagen itself, from amino acids, using enzymes that need specific cofactors to run. Supply those cofactors reliably and the machinery is not the thing holding the result back.
A skin cell takes roughly four to six weeks to travel from the basal layer to the surface and flake away. That journey is the reason nothing you swallow changes a face in a week, and the reason we ask for twelve.
Full instructions, including what to do about a missed morning, are on the daily routine page.
The Benefits
Written the way we would want them written for us: what to expect, roughly when, and where the honest limits are.
The change people describe first is rarely dramatic. It is usually that their face stops looking tired in photographs — a little more even, a little less dull under indoor light. Nutrition works on the quality of what your skin builds next, not on what is already on the surface today.
Nails grow about three millimetres a month, so a nail you see in June was built in spring. This is usually the first place people notice anything at all, simply because a nail keeps a visible record of what was available while it was being made.
Most hair complaints are not about growth rate, which is largely fixed. They are about breakage, and breakage is a question of how well the shaft was assembled. Keratin assembly is where biotin earns its place on a label.
Your skin barrier is a wall of cells in a fatty mortar, and its job is to keep water in. When it works, skin feels comfortable rather than tight. Vitamin D and vitamin E both have roles in how that wall is built and maintained.
Sunlight, pollution and ordinary metabolism all generate reactive molecules that damage the fats in cell membranes. Vitamin E steps in front of that reaction and takes the hit, and vitamin C then regenerates the vitamin E so it can go again.
This is the benefit nobody advertises and the only one that decides the outcome. A gummy that tastes like berries gets eaten every morning for six months. A powder that tastes like a lawn does not, however good the formula behind it is.
What none of this is. Gelagen is a supplement, not a treatment. Acne, eczema, psoriasis, rosacea and hair loss are medical conditions with medical treatments, and nutrition is not one of them. If something is not resolving, please see a clinician rather than a gummy. Our safety page is blunter still.
The Label
Thirteen nutrients are declared on our panel and eight of them carry a printed amount. Every one of those eight has a page of its own.
5000 mcg per serving
The nutrient most people already associate with hair and nails.
Biotin is the cofactor five different carboxylase enzymes cannot work without, and those enzymes sit right where your body handles the amino acids keratin is assembled from. Keratin is the protein your hair shaft and your nail plate are built out of, which is how a B vitamin ends up mattering to the tips of your fingers.
20 mg per serving
The one nutrient collagen genuinely cannot be built without.
Two enzymes have to modify a fresh collagen strand before three of them can wind together into the stable triple helix that gives collagen its strength, and both enzymes stall without vitamin C to keep them running. Your body makes your collagen. This is one of the things it cannot make it without.
10 mcg per serving
The one your skin manufactures, and then cannot for half the year.
Sunlight on skin is where vitamin D comes from, and above a certain latitude the necessary wavelength simply does not reach the ground between November and March. Inside skin it governs how cells mature on their way to the surface and drives the antimicrobial peptides that make your barrier a defence rather than only a lid.
7.4 mg per serving
The antioxidant that works by taking the hit itself.
Cell membranes are built from fats that oxidise in chain reactions, one molecule setting off the next along the membrane. Vitamin E sits inside the membrane and steps in front of that reaction, absorbing it so the membrane survives. Vitamin C then regenerates the vitamin E so it can go again, which is why the two belong on a label together.
6 mcg per serving
Required before any skin cell can copy its own DNA.
B12 hands a methyl group to an enzyme that regenerates folate, and folate is what carries the carbon atoms DNA is written with. No working B12 means no working folate, and no working folate means the cell about to replace the one on your cheek never gets built. Skin divides harder than almost any tissue you own.
2.7 mg per serving
Several hundred enzymes and a whole family of proteins depend on it.
Zinc has the longest track record in dermatology of anything on our label after vitamin A. It runs the enzymes that remodel tissue during healing, it holds the shape of the zinc-finger proteins that grip DNA, and it is closely involved in how skin manages its own immune defence at the surface.
442 mcg DFE per serving
Named after a leaf, and needed everywhere new tissue is made.
Folate carries single carbon atoms into thymidine and the purines, which are the actual letters of DNA. Any tissue that divides quickly feels a folate shortfall before slower tissues notice anything at all, and the basal layer of your skin is one of the fastest dividing tissues in your body.
630 mcg per serving
The most studied nutrient in the whole of skin science.
Retinoic acid, the form your body converts vitamin A into, behaves more like a hormone than a nutrient: it binds receptors sitting directly on your DNA and switches whole sets of genes on and off. In skin those genes decide how a cell matures on its journey from the basal layer to the surface. It is also the one amount on our label with a ceiling we ask you to respect.
Pectin And Fruit the carrier
Not a nutrient, and it still deserves a straight answer.
Our gummies are set with pectin, the gelling fibre in apple and citrus peel, rather than with gelatine. Pectin comes from fruit, so nothing in the base is derived from an animal. Setting a gummy needs sugars, the amount per serving is printed on the nutrition panel, and we would rather you read it before you order than discover it afterwards.
| Nutrient | Per serving |
|---|---|
| Biotin (Vitamin B7) | 5000 mcg |
| Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) | 20 mg |
| Vitamin D (Cholecalciferol) | 10 mcg |
| Vitamin E (Tocopherol) | 7.4 mg |
| Vitamin B12 (Methylcobalamin) | 6 mcg |
| Zinc (Essential Mineral) | 2.7 mg |
| Folate (Vitamin B9) | 442 mcg DFE |
| Vitamin A (Retinol Family) | 630 mcg |
Eight of the thirteen declared nutrients carry a printed amount. The remainder, together with the pectin base and the berry flavour, are listed in full on the bottle and on our ingredients page. Amounts shown here are indicative and the printed panel on the bottle you receive is the authority.
The Science
We are not going to tell you there is a clinical trial of this gummy, because there is not one, and any brand that implies otherwise about a product in this category is asking you to take a claim on faith. What exists is decades of nutritional science on the individual nutrients, and that is what our panel is built from.
Three findings do most of the work.
Collagen synthesis is vitamin C dependent. Two enzymes have to modify a fresh collagen strand before three strands can wind into a stable triple helix. Both stall without ascorbate. This is not a marketing position, it is why scurvy loosens teeth and reopens old wounds.
Retinoic acid regulates skin cell maturation. The active form of vitamin A binds receptors sitting on your DNA and switches whole sets of genes on and off, and in skin those genes govern how a cell matures on its way to the surface. It is the most studied molecule in the whole of dermatology.
Fast-dividing tissue feels a shortfall first. Folate and vitamin B12 carry and enable the carbon chemistry that writes DNA. Tissues that replace themselves quickly notice a gap before slower tissues register anything, and your skin replaces its own surface roughly monthly.
What none of that establishes is a result for a person who was not short of any of these nutrients to begin with. Correcting a shortfall changes things. Topping up an adequate diet usually does not, and we would rather write that here than have you discover it in week ten.
Customer Stories
Messages our care team received, published with permission and edited only for length. We have kept the mixed ones in, because a page where everybody is delighted tells you nothing.
I started these because my nails were splitting at the corner every single week and I was tired of filing them down to nothing. Nothing happened for a month and I nearly gave up. Around week seven the new growth coming in was noticeably less bendy, and by week fourteen I have grown them out for the first time in years.
My skin is the harder one to judge because I changed nothing else and I do not photograph myself. What I can say is that the tight feeling I used to get after washing my face in winter is not there this year.
Danielle R.Portland, OregonThe reason I stuck with this one is honestly the taste. I have bought powders twice and abandoned both by week three because mixing something at 6:40 in the morning was never going to happen in my house. These sit next to the coffee and I chew two while the kettle boils.
Nine weeks in, my hair is not longer, but I am pulling much less out of the shower drain and it holds a blow dry better than it did. I take that as breakage rather than growth, which is what this page said to expect, so fine.
Meera S.Fremont, CaliforniaSix weeks and I cannot tell you anything has changed on my face. My nails are a little better and that is all I would swear to. I am leaving three stars because I want to be fair rather than enthusiastic.
What I will say is that customer service answered my email about the guarantee in one day and did not try to talk me out of anything, which is more than I expected. I am going to finish the second bottle before I decide.
Karen B.Louisville, KentuckyTwenty weeks and I am on my fifth bottle. The change for me was gradual enough that I only clocked it when a colleague asked what I had changed, which I think is how this is supposed to work.
One practical note for anyone else on the six pack: I keep mine out of the kitchen window light because they softened a bit in August. Cupboard is fine.
Ana L.Tampa, FloridaI take a multivitamin already and the thing I appreciated most about this brand is that I could actually add up what I was taking, because everything has a number beside it. I ended up dropping the multi rather than doubling up on vitamin A, and I would not have known to do that with a label that just lists a blend.
Skin is better. Four stars not five because the sugar in the base is real and I wish there were a version without it.
Priyanka N.Edison, New JerseyI am fifty-one and I went in expecting nothing, so this is me being surprised. The difference I see is texture rather than tone. My cheeks feel smoother and my makeup sits differently, and my husband says my hands look less dry, which is not something he has ever commented on in thirty years.
I told my doctor I was taking these before my thyroid test because it says to on the bottle. She said she was glad I mentioned it. Worth knowing.
Beth W.Norwich, ConnecticutThese are individual experiences, not averages. They are not evidence, they do not predict your result, and some people notice nothing at all. Age, diet, sleep, sun, hormones, medication and consistency all change the outcome. More stories, including the disappointed ones.
Packages
Every package is a one-time payment. Nothing renews, no card is kept on file, and all three carry the same sixty day guarantee.
Starter
2 Month Supply
$79per
bottle
$158 in total
Shipping at checkout
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6 Month Supply
$49per
bottle
$294 in total
Free US shipping
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3 Month Supply
$69per
bottle
$207 in total
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Savings are calculated against our two-bottle starter rate. Your final total, including any tax and delivery, is confirmed at the official checkout.
Included
Order three or six bottles and all six guides arrive by email within minutes of checkout. They are ours, they are written by the same people who write this site, and we have not attached an invented dollar value to them.
The Evening RitualA short guide to the ten minutes before bed: order of application, what actually needs to be rinsed, and why the pillowcase matters more than most serums.
Five Minute Facial MassageA sequence you can do with clean hands and whatever moisturiser you already own, drawn with the direction of each stroke marked.
Eat For Your SkinWhich foods carry the nutrients on our panel, in what quantity, so you can see where your diet already covers you and where it may not.
Even Tone, HonestlyWhat pigment is, why it clusters, which of the common causes respond to time and which need a dermatologist rather than a gummy.
Legs And CirculationMovement, compression and elevation explained without the pseudoscience, plus the signs that mean you should stop reading and book an appointment.
Living With MarksStretch marks and scars: what the tissue is actually doing, what genuinely fades them, and what only claims to.Delivered as PDFs, readable on a phone, and yours to keep even if you claim a refund. See what is in each one.
Our Promise
Your sixty days begin the moment your card is charged, and a bottle you have already been eating from every morning is still covered. That clause matters more than anything else in the policy, because skin needs a full renewal cycle before it can give you an honest answer — and a guarantee that only accepted sealed bottles would be a guarantee designed never to be used.
If Gelagen is not for you, send the bottles back and claim what you paid for the product. Every step, postage included, is written out plainly on our guarantee page.
Reading
Skin is built out of far more than a supplement. Our journal covers the rest of it, and sells you nothing.
Answers
The questions our customer care team answers most often.
No, and we would rather say so on the homepage than let the name do the work. Collagen swallowed as a supplement is broken into amino acids in your gut and never arrives at your skin as collagen. Your body builds its own, using enzymes that cannot run without vitamin C, which is why vitamin C is on our panel and collagen is not.
Two gummies once a day, which is one serving. About half an hour before breakfast suits the four fat-soluble nutrients on our panel best. Chew them rather than swallowing them whole, and follow with water. Sixty gummies to a bottle means one bottle is exactly one month.
Nails usually first, at around six to eight weeks, because a nail records what was available while it was being built. Hair breakage next. Skin last and most gradually, because the surface you are looking at today was assembled weeks ago. We ask for twelve weeks before you judge it, and we built a sixty day guarantee so that asking is not unreasonable.
Please speak to your doctor first. Each serving carries 630 mcg of vitamin A, and vitamin A intake is something clinicians watch closely in pregnancy. The same applies if you are trying to conceive, already take a multivitamin, or use a prescription retinoid, because what counts is the total from every source rather than any single bottle.
Yes, and this one matters. Each serving carries 5000 mcg of biotin, and biotin at that level interferes with a wide range of laboratory immunoassays, thyroid panels and cardiac troponin tests among them. It does not make you unwell, it makes the number wrong. Tell the laboratory you take Gelagen before blood is drawn.
Yes. Setting a pectin gummy and making it edible requires sugars, and the amount per serving is printed on the nutrition panel. Anyone managing blood sugar should read that figure before ordering rather than after, which is why we mention it here rather than in the footnotes.
The base is set with fruit pectin rather than gelatine, so nothing in it is derived from an animal. If you follow a strict vegan diet, read the full ingredient list on the bottle for the colours and flavours as well, because that is where the exceptions in this category usually hide.
No. Every package on this site is a single payment for a fixed number of bottles. Nothing renews, no card is stored for a future charge, and there is no subscription to remember to cancel. When you want more, you order again.
The sixty days start when your card is charged, and bottles you have already been taking from are covered. You return what is left and claim back what you paid for the product; return postage is yours. The full procedure, including the address and what to write on the parcel, is on our guarantee page.
Orders leave the warehouse within one to two working days and typically arrive in five to seven working days inside the United States. Three and six bottle packages ship free; on the two bottle package delivery is added at checkout. Tracking is emailed the moment the parcel is scanned.
You can, but add the numbers up first. That is precisely why every amount on our panel is printed rather than hidden in a blend. Watch vitamin A and biotin in particular, and if you are on prescription medication, ask your pharmacist rather than the internet.
Anyone under eighteen, anyone pregnant or breastfeeding without medical approval, anyone on a prescription retinoid, and anyone with a known allergy to something on the label. If you are being treated for a skin or thyroid condition, tell whoever is treating you before you start. The full list is here.
Two gummies with breakfast, thirteen nutrients printed on the panel, and sixty days to decide whether it belongs in your routine.
