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Why do Lines appear ?
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In young skin, the collagen framework is intact
and the skin remains moisturized and elastic. It’s resilient to the
many facial expressions we adopt as well as everyday environmental
exposure. But, over time, the support structure weakens and the skin
loses its elasticity. The skin begins to lose its tone as the collagen
support wears down. Every time you smile, frown or squint, you put
stress on the collagen in your skin. The effect of these facial
expressions is cumulative and facial lines begin to appear
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What is collagen ?
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Collagen is the fibrous structural protein that
makes up the white fibers (collagenous fibers) of skin, tendon, bone,
cartilage, and all other connective tissues. It is also found
dispersed in gels of the body to provide stiffening, such as in the
vitreous humour of the eye. In other words, collagen is the natural
protein that composes most of the body’s structural support and is the
primary substance of connective tissue. It is the fibrous connective
tissue that holds our body together. Collagen is present in all
multi-cellular organisms.
Collagen gives the different organs and tissues their strength and
elastic properties. Twenty-five percent of the dry protein weight of
the human body is collagen. Seventy-five percent of our skin is made
of it, and in total – some thirty percent of our entire body is
collagen. Collagen is part of the natural make-up of tendons,
ligaments, joints, muscles, hair, skin, and vital organs. When the
body’s essential supply of collagen is reduced, the body is affected.
Weakness, fatigue, aches, pains, and an overall lack of performance
are frequent symptoms of the problem – symptoms that only increase as
we get older.
Besides its many structural properties, collagen serves as the major
catalyst for growth and repair of nearly all the body’s tissues. Many
different aging diseases are related to the body’s supply of this
vital protein and to disorders in the collagen itself. When our body’s
collagen production is out of stock, so are we!
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Collagen and Aging
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The body’s production of collagen slows with
aging. This slowing process is stealth-like and rather insidious. It
starts slowing in our mid-twenties, picks up speed in our thirties and
forties, then roars like a freight train through our fifties and
sixties. Lack of collagen, or the body’s improper use of collagen, is
the stuff that old age is made of. We first notice it on the outside
of our bodies when tiny lines and wrinkles. By that time, the lack of
collagen production and collagen damage is already affecting the
inside of our bodies. The damage gets our attention as strains and
sprains become more severe. Things we have always done, like running
or jumping, suddenly seem more painful. Injuries that have never
proven serious before begin to hurt us. Joint pain becomes more
problematic. We are feeling the pains of aging.
With continued aging, our connective tissue and muscle tissue breaks
down due to an increase in collagen deficiency and damage. As a
result, we experience a weakening of our skeletal structure. Like a
stealth bomber, collagen deficiency sneaks up on us under the radar.
Outside the body, the slowing of the skin’s production of collagen
with age becomes increasingly more pronounced. The skin starts to
wrinkle. It loses the youthful glow that our spouse and loved ones
once admired. The appearance of healthful radiance vanishes. Soon we
develop ridges and furrows, red marks and brown spots. Our skin dries
out in places.
Research scientists have been aware of the problem, but until very
recently there was little that could be done because most non-medical
collagen supplementation was useless. The body was simply unable to
assimilate it.
Collagen, wrinkles and stretch marks
The body’s production of collagen in the skin
begins dropping around the age of twenty-five. But, it really picks up
speed in the forties and fifties. Many studies have demonstrated that
our skin’s natural production of collagen decreases at a rate of 1%
per year after the age of forty. So, by the time a person reaches
fifty-five, they have lost and additional fifteen percent of their
collagen production capacity. By age seventy, the loss is over thirty
percent and climbing.
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