Sunday, November 23, 2008

How to naturally form collagen

By kevin scott

In all probability, you've more than likely at some stage wandered what collagen is, or rather, how important it really is. Well, for anyone wanting a beautiful healthy skin, collagen is absolutely vital. It's hardly surprising then that we see it listed as an ingredient on practically each and every beauty cream on the market. Cosmetic companies have not been alone in exploiting our desire for a younger and more youthful looking skin. Pharmaceutical companies too, were quick to jump on the bandwagon and who can blame them, considering the immense popularity of collagen pills, even though there is no evidence to suggest they work. In fact, no matter how many pills you take, collagen simply cannot be absorbed into your skin. Fortunately though, the human body can produce its own collagen naturally, but it appears many people are unaware of this

Having invested millions of dollars in marketing and advertising, both cosmetic and pharmaceutical companies have made it near impossible for consumers to establish the truth behind collagen based products. At best, consumers are bombarded with technical jargon which effectively eludes the question of whether these supplements are safe or not. Ideally consumers should be informed that as an extremely complex protein, collagen on its own simply cannot be digested. In fact, collagen can only be digested when combined with certain other chemicals. Having said that, when chemically enhanced collagen pills are taken, some results can be had but one should note that these results are certainly not long lasting. Furthermore, with the addition of these special chemicals, its stands to reason that such supplements carry with them, a certain level of risk as far as one's health is concerned.

On the other hand, many experts agree that the skin only needs to be stimulated to be taught how to naturally produce collagen levels that are enough to maintain youthful looking skin. Specially formulated topical creams are very effective in this department. They allow nano-emulsified ingredients that deeply penetrate into the skin, helping the body maintain moisture and elasticity by promoting collagen production. Hence, when it comes to anti-aging products, topical creams offers much better anti-aging options by developing gradual but long-term skin benefits.

Unfortunately, a decrease in collagen levels is an inevitable part of aging, which is why our skin starts to sag as we grow older. While we cannot stop this process, we can slow it down. Nowadays there are many effective topical creams which one can use such as Cynergy TK, Wakame, Phytessence, Nano-Lipobelle and H-EQ10.

These creams which have been mentioned above make use of ingredients which are in the form of nano-emulsions. In simple terms, this means that the actual particles of each ingredient, are small enough to enable them to penetrate through layers of skin to the required depth. At this depth, they are then able to encourage natural collagen production. - 15255

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