Collagen and skin

At about twenty five years of age, the body's collagen production decreases at the skin level.

This process accelerates between the ages of forty and fifty. Many studies have shown that our normal collagen production can diminish at a rate of 1% per year after the age of forty. Therefore, by the age of fifty five, the body has lost approximately 15% of its capacity to make collagen.

By the age of seventy, the loss of collagen production can diminish by 30%.

When the production of collagen slows down, the skin retains less water, gets thinner and begins to wrinkle.

The lack of collagen in the skin appears by thinning down. Little by little, capillary tissues of the skin become thicker, which reduces the capacity of the skin to retain nutrients and water. The skin then presents a bigger risk of developing wrinkles, stretch marks and infections. Its color and pigmentation change, and we can see brown spots appear. Because the skin is less healthy, its capacity to serve as barrier from bacteria and viruses is reduced. A supplement of collagen can largely help to regenerate skin tissues and so contributes to slow down the process of aging, particularly if it is ingested since the effect will occur in the whole body.

A few facts:

• Collagen composes the majority of the derma.
• Collagen is not found in food. It is made by the fibroblasts of the body.
• Collagen is the structure, the molecule that holds our body together.
• Collagen is the protein that is most present in the body.
• Our body is composed primarily by the connective tissues and collagen represents 85% of all connective tissues.
• Collagen is the protein that supports our skin.

Due to its constitution, collagen is the most complex protein of the connective tissues of the human body.