It’s amazing how much talk about elastin and collagen in the skin care cream market. The question is often asked whether the skin can absorb elastin and the answer is no, unless you can change the size of its molecules.
Unless you can do that, buying an anti-aging cream that contains elastin or collagen to help try to reduce your wrinkles is an exercise in futility and cost. In order for a molecule to pass through the outer layer of the skin (epidermis) and then through the inner tissue, the cells must be nanometer in size.
The fact is that for a topical application substance to penetrate through the epidermis, its molecular size must be less than 3000 and to penetrate through the cell, its molecular weight must be less than 75.
An elastin molecule has an approximate molecular weight of 640,000 while collagen is around 300,000. So it’s not hard to see why none of them can penetrate through tissue cells when applied topically.
I am led to believe that there are some companies on the market trying to come up with methods by which they can reduce the size of elastin and collagen molecules. However, in my opinion, that’s a waste of time, effort, and money when you can already buy anti-aging ingredients that can stimulate your body to produce more elastin and collagen anyway.
Another issue that needs to be understood regarding the topical application of elastin is that it is derived from bovine sources, therefore this type of elastin cannot be used properly by the human body because its molecular structure is very different from human elastin.
The evidence is overwhelmingly clear: elastin and collagen in their normal state cannot be absorbed through the skin when applied topically.
However, some new substances have recently been developed that use the latest new generation nano technology to allow your anti aging and anti wrinkle cream ingredients to penetrate deep through the seven dermal layers where they can stimulate your system to produce elastin. and collagen protein cells in your dermis.
Your dermis layer is where all the action is when it comes to your skin’s structure, and boosting these two proteins in this layer is what gives you stronger, firmer, more elastic tissues, helping to eliminate fine lines. and reduce deep wrinkles. which in turn makes your complexion look smoother and revitalized.
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