No doubt you're no stranger to the fact that collagen is essential for skin health and beauty. But go on, be honest… do you have any idea what collagen really is?
Collagen is a protein which is found in our bones, teeth and muscles, and supports cellular activity. The most collagen is in the skin as 70% of it consists of collagen.
Most protein exists inside blood and cells in fluid form. Collagen, however, cannot dissolve in water. Thus, one of collagen’s most important functions is to keep the shape of various organs and the body itself, and add strength to connective tissue. Collagen takes different shapes, sometimes more like fibre, other times more like file, and works like a glue between our cells.
Tight and symmetrically arranged collagen acts like the spring in a mattress, keeping our skin firm and bouncy. And, just as a mattress gets saggy and tired when its springs are worn out, our skin gets to look old and weary when collagen reserves are depleted.
Recent research proves that we start to lose collagen even in our twenties. Those tiny yet irritatin fine lines around your eyes are caused by surface skin dryness. Those more deeply etched lines at the corner of our eyes and mouth are caused by a more serious lack or imbalance of collagen.
