The skin’s major structural protein that is responsible for its strength and durability and occupies 75% of its space is called collagen. You might have heard the name used often in relation to skincare products, and you might have heard how useful this fibrous protein is to keep the skin looking young, elastic, plump, and how its reduction in time causes the appearance of wrinkles and lines. Natural aging processes in fact make collagen production rarer, which apart from other health problems that come with aging, affect the skin by making it lose vitality, moisture and smoothness even.
Collagen Peptide is a usable form of collagen for the skin, or just collagen hydrolyzed, and it contains ten times the amount of the amino acids such as proline, glycine, and hydroxyproline than found in other proteins. Collagen and elastin combine to create collagen peptide bundles that cause the firmness of the skin. Loss of collagen peptide directly causes the loss of firmness in the skin, which plummets and sinks in, and eventually forms wrinkles and lines.
And that is why many anti-aging skin products such as creams, serums, lotions and gels use collagen peptides to restore to the skin what the skin has lost in time.
There are many formats to choose from in obtaining this miraculous but yet natural ingredient.
Lotions and creams containing collagen peptide apart from extensive wrinkle-fighting skills are often also fragrance fee, and hypoallergenic, to provide the most natural product for your skin. This natural product not only increases collagen production in the skin, but also takes care that the skin be hydrated properly and prevents irritations and allergies that sensitive skins usually suffer.
Another way to obtain collagen peptide is orally, through powder that can be mixed in foods or even pills to be taken as food supplements, not only for esthetic benefits, but mostly for health benefits. The product is beneficial not just for improving appearance, but it also treats dry skin, helps with weight loss, and increases energy levels for active people, and also improves joint flexibility for the elderly.
Another way to obtain collagen is through injections that are given in cosmetic centers or medical facilities, where these collagen peptide serums are used to “fill up” problematic areas. These centers also supply the customers or patients with collagen peptide in powder or pill format to extend its effects and benefits in a more incorporated manner.
Anti-aging and anti-wrinkling products such as those provided by Ageless Derma use collagen peptide to reduce wrinkles, make the skin hydrated and return it to its previous firmness and elasticity. The skin makes the product look younger and smoother in the most natural way.
After all, collagen peptide used in oral or other forms, derives from natural materials that are very similar, if not even the same as those found in the human body. What this method does is supplement the body through multiple forms with the much needed, but insufficient collagen peptide, for health reasons just as for esthetic ones. It’s a win win situation.
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Desiree Johnson, Licensed Esthetician
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