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SLOWING DOWN THE CLOCK WITH COLLAGEN PEPTIDES
Collagen is a key player in the ‘beauty from within’ trend. Here, Patrícia Maia Campos and Ana Cristina Corrêa de Faria discuss the positive effects that Rousselot’s Peptan B product has been shown to have on skin and hair beauty
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hroughout history and across cultures all over the world, beauty has been understood in radically different ways. In ancient Greece, beauty was quantified by the ‘golden ratio’, basing beauty on symmetry. In medieval Japan, extremely long hair was prized, as well as pale skin. During the 16th century in England, flawless skin undamaged by the sun was the most sought-after attribute, as this was a sign of class and wealth.
Nowadays, beauty is associated with health and youthfulness. In the beauty market, this is reflected by the high demand for nutricosmetic products with associated skin and hair beauty benefits. For hair beauty the most demanded products are those addressing damage repair, hydration and moisture.
The most desired benefits in skin beauty products are their moisturising, hydrating and anti-ageing properties.
INSIDE OUT Your skin reflects the quality of your nutrition and lifestyle choices, such as smoking, drinking enough water or sleeping habits. Thus, beautiful skin on the outside must first have a healthy foundation on the inside. Collagen, the human body’s most abundant protein, has lately been getting a lot of attention. Collagen’s popularity grew rapidly over the past decade, becoming the leading ingredient in nutricosmetics, and it is now featured in 25% of these products. Given its versatility and anti-ageing properties, it is estimated that collagen’s use will only continue to grow. But why is collagen a key element in beautifying from within?
24 January 2021
LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS Skin is composed of different layers that are tightly connected to each other (figure 1). The outermost layer, the epidermis, wraps our bodies and protects us from UV radiation and serves as a shield against infections and chemicals. Underneath we find the dermis, which cushions the body from stress and strain. The dermis is a thick layer of connective tissue, mostly made of collagen, which lays the structural foundation of the skin.
Collagen fibres, arranged in the shape of resilient sheets, provide structural and mechanical support. These fibres serve as the infrastructure for elastin, which maintains the skin’s elasticity, and hyaluronic acid, which traps water. Collagen gives the dermis its strength and extensibility, and sustains the renewal of skin cells and replacement of damaged and dead cells.
Figure 1 Structure of young and ageing skin. In younger skin, collagen fibres serve as a good network support for elastin and hyaluronic acid. In ageing skin, this structure is lost and both elasticity and hydration decrease. As a result, skin wrinkles and desquamation increase
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