Article: Collagen Cream
Skin Care Article: Collagen Cream
Issued February 15, 2008
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Article: Collagen Cream
Collagen Cream
Collagen is such an important part of our skin. Collagen is a Greek word that means glue producing and another term for it is connective tissue.
Collagen acts as scaffolding for our body. It helps control shapes and differentiation of cells.
Collagen also helps regenerate broken bones and heals wounds. Vitamin C helps produce this important tissue in our skin.
Seventy-five percent of our skin is collagen. However, as we age, our face looses this as an effect of gravity, sun exposure and many years of facial movements such as smiling, chewing and squinting. Vitamin C in whatever amount may not be sufficient to replace the lost elasticity of the skin.
Facial movements cause's tissues under the skin to breakdown, it thus lost its elasticity, and collagen tissue breakdown means wrinkling. And because the skin breakdown happens in your face, laugh lines, smile lines, crow's feet and facial creases appear and this strips you of your youthful looking and plump skin.
Your age will now show in your face, which is of course, what most women dread.
I may need to mention as well that wrinkling does not happen to older people only; it may happen to any one at any age. Even for those young girls who are successful in loosing weight may see fine lines in their face due to sunken cheeks. This is especially so for those who lost so much weight so easily.
There are other skin care products made for specific maladies such as eczema, hives, and rashes which are commonly called curative creams. There are also many specialty skin creams that are used for areas like around the eyes and corners of the mouth. These are usually collagen supplements or anti wrinkle creams.
Check out PlazanCosmetics.com for more information and skin care products.
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