The Collagen Connection

Collagen is a major protein in the skin. It plays a key role in providing the structural scaffolding for cells, tissues, and organs. If it weren't for collagen, the body would literally fall apart. Collagen also gives the skin its strength and durability and is responsible for the appearance of smooth, plump, young, healthy skin. Think of collagen as your skin's mattress, and elastin as the coils that hold it together. Like anything else related to the aging process, our collagen is at its most abundant during the early childhood years-as anyone who has admired a toddler's velvety skin can attest to. Collagen production slows down in puberty, levels off in your twenties and thirties, and regrettably grinds to a halt in your later years.

Collagen makes up 75 percent of our skin. The beauty world is obsessed with keeping collagen safe and sound, so much so that beauty seekers around the globe search for new ways to boost collagen levels and repair past collagen damage. The breakdown of healthy collagen and the decline in collagen production leads to the development of unwanted wrinkles and the appearance of aged skin.

Collagen is created by fibroblasts, which are specialized skin cells located in the dermis. The fibroblast cells produce collagen, and it is the degeneration or collagen, through excessive exposure to the sun as well as extreme environmental conditions that eventually leads to wrinkles and sagging skin.

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