Natural Ways to Produce Collagen

Wrinkles, dryness, and redness are some of the skin problems that are caused by insufficient production and loss of collagen. The best way to compensate for lost collagen is to encourage our body to produce more, because it can't be absorbed through the skin, making collagen creams useless except for their moisturizing nature.

To define collagen, let's say it is a protein produced by your body which is present in your skin. Collagen and elastin are the proteins that make your skin look young, and when we are young, the production of these two proteins is at its peak giving our skin a soft, young and radiant look. This peak production doesn't last forever, ans as we grow older, collagen and elestin production decays with the years. This produces changes in our skin, and makes it look wrinkled and saggy.

Since the production of collagen and elestin in our skin is directly proportional to how it looks, it should be clear by now that creams and lotions containing these two proteins are not the best option to look young, so before you get excited and caught in the hype with all the commercials announcing the inclusion of elastin or collagen in their ingredients be aware that those creams are not worth the price tag.

The reason is because topical application of collagen is useless because our skin can't absorb it. It doesn't matter how many promises the ads give you or how many before and after pictures you see, those creams don't work no matter how hard you try or how high your hopes might be; well, your skin might look a little better, but it would be because of the moisturizers and not because of the collagen.

You need to increase your collagen production to maintain a healthy skin, and the process to do it is not hard at all, as a matter of fact, it's actually pretty simple; you need to use good skin care products. There are good skin care products that include ingredients which encourage your skin to increase the collagen protein synthesis. Some of the ingredients that are affective to achieve this are vitamin E which is a powerful antioxidant, nano-lipobelle H EQ10 which is an emulsion form of the coenzyme Q10, cynergy TK which is a type of keratin, and wakame.

The combined effect of these compounds improves the quality of your skin by protecting it from free radicals and increasing the natural production of collagen. Another advantage is that everything is natural, so you don't take the risk of having an adverse reaction or secondary symptoms because there aren't any chemicals in the formula.

Next time you look for a cream, make sure it contains some of the aforementioned ingredients. If you can't find them in your local store, look for them on the internet; there are several suppliers carrying these items.