Wellness Tips: Collagen
Learn more about today’s wellness tips topic; what is collagen?
Today’s wellness tips topic; what is collagen? Collagen gives skin its basic structure encompassing about 80% of the skin. Collagen can help contribute to a younger, healthier appearance of the skin. Collagen helps to make the skin smoother, stronger, firmer, and more supple. However, collagen is lost from the skin as we age resulting in wrinkles, fine lines, and other blemishes associated with looking older. Sun exposure accelerates the aging process and thus the depletion of collagen.
Collagen added to skin care products does not benefit the skin. Why? Collagen is a large molecule that is not readily absorbed through the skin. Collagen injections can be done. However this process is painful and costly ($1,200 per injection). Collagen injections offer only a temporary solution.
Microdermabrasion is a procedure that removes dead and damaged skin cells by abrading the skin with aluminum oxide crystals. This process enhances the surface of the skin by reducing fine lines, blemishes, and wrinkles. Wellness tips has also found that microdermabrasion stimulates the production of elastin and collagen.
by Kristy Haugen
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