What is the best collagen cream or serum?
Introducing collagen into the skin using a collagen cream or serum is not possible. The collagen protein is too large to be absorbed by the skin. A collagen cream with collagen is therefore a waste of money. By splitting the protein into smaller amino acids, also called peptides, the receptors in the cells are stimulated to produce collagen. Peptides are microscopic and therefore able to penetrate deeply through the skin's protective barriers. This allows peptides to reach areas of the skin that many other substances cannot. Our experience is that a collagen cream without peptides is a waste of money because the collagen protein simply cannot be absorbed by the skin cell.
Peptides for extra collagen?
Medik8 Liquid Peptides is a peptide serum that promotes collagen production. You use it in addition to your day and night cream. This collagen serum contributes to full skin with fewer wrinkles and lines because it encourages the skin to produce extra collagen. You use the collagen serum both around the face and around the eyes and it also contains hyaluronic acid. Peptides are compounds of fewer than fifty amino acids. If it contains more than 50 amino acids, it is called a protein. Our hair and skin and actually our entire body consists of proteins. In addition to proteins being essential building materials, they are also used by the body as fuel. Peptides are therefore much smaller than a protein, which means they can be better absorbed by the body.
Peptides occur naturally in our bodies, but nowadays they can also be imitated. You can find these in cosmetic products. The skin is quite smart and knows when to produce new collagen. Unfortunately, collagen has a natural lifespan and is eventually broken down. When this happens, protein fragments, or peptides, are released. Every skin cell is full of receptors. A number of these receptors are sensitive to these peptides, which stimulates the cell to produce new collagen. Unfortunately, from the age of 25 onwards this system loses its strength and therefore produces less collagen. That is why it is wise to give the skin a helping hand with a collagen cream or serum
By adding peptides to the skin with a collagen serum such as Medik8 Liquid peptides, the cells receive new stimuli to produce new collagen. This way you can give this natural process a helping hand! When can you expect results from cosmetics with peptides?
Products with hyaluronic acid, AHA or retinol often provide immediate results. Skin products with peptides show results after 2 to 6 weeks. That is why Medik8 has also added hyaluronic acid to the Liquid Peptides.
Collagen breakdown from the age of 25
From the age of 25, the skin breaks down more collagen than the fibroblasts in the connective tissue can produce. The fibroblast is responsible for the production of collagen, hyaluronic acid and elastin. Gradually you will start to see on the outside what you are lacking on the inside. Less collagen in the skin means that the connective tissue and muscles become weaker, first causing lines and wrinkles. Sagging occurs when the muscles in your face lose their strength and elasticity due to the breakdown of collagen. Fortunately, you can significantly slow down this breakdown through an active lifestyle, a healthy and varied diet supplemented with nutritional supplements and the right skin care. In combination with the right facial treatments such as the Photon Laser and Collagen Booster, you can even reverse this process and make the skin up to 10 years younger.
What is collagen?
Collagen is a protein and the most important building block for a youthful appearance, because it ensures the firmness and elasticity of the skin and connective tissue. Unfortunately, over time the skin can no longer produce enough collagen to maintain this youthful appearance. This can lead to wrinkles, lines and sagging, which can make people look older than they really are. Collagen is responsible for the strength of the tissue and is found in the skin, tendons, muscles, cartilage and bones. Fibroblasts are the most important cells in the connective tissue and are responsible for the production of collagen. In young skin, approximately 1/4 to 1/3 of all proteins consist of collagen, which ensures a healthy, firm and youthful appearance.
Gelukkig biedt de wetenschap oplossingen om het verouderingsproces te vertragen and zelfs om te keren. Een belangrijke factor hierbij is het gebruik van supplementen met viscollageen of het toevoegen van collageen aan crèmes. Dit kan helpen om de hoeveelheid and kwaliteit van collageen in het bindweefsel te verbeteren, wat de sterkte van de huid and botten bepaalt.
What is Hydrolyzed Collagen?
Perhaps you have heard of hydrolyzed collagen? This is mainly found in nutritional supplements. The process of hydrolyzed collagen is called hydrolysis. This is the splitting of a chemical compound with the absorption of water. This ensures that the collagen protein is broken down into tiny amino acids. These amino acids are therefore absorbed much better by the body than if this process has not been completed. In addition, hydrolyzed collagen gets a unique amino acid structure with extra high concentrations of glycine, lysine and proline (amino acids).
Amino acids are building blocks for proteins and are crucial for various functions in the body, such as the transport and storage of nutrients, the functions of connective tissue, organs, glands, tendons and veins. They also play an important role in wound healing and the recovery of tissues such as muscles, bones, skin and hair.
By taking the hydrolyzed collagen as a supplement or applying it as a cream, the amino acids can be absorbed into the body and contribute to the health and repair of various tissues. The unique amino acid structure of hydrolyzed collagen is more effective than non-hydrolyzed collagen for the body and skin. You can find hydrolyzed collagen in the Boost and Lift and Ultra Collagen to make your own Collagen drink.
You make the best collagen drink yourself!
Collagen drink itself is easily indispensable for skin rejuvenation
Delicious and healthy, make your own collagen drink. Ultra Collagen is easy to add to your daily fruit and vegetable shake for a super collagen drink Ultra Collagen has been developed in such a way that the body can perfectly absorb the very small particles of hydrolyzed collagen in the intestinal wall. Because Ultra Collagen contains various activators, the ingredients are converted into new collagen fibers. This is a significant difference from competing products that contain regular collagen. Ultra Collagen contains fish collagen peptides. These peptides are the primary building blocks of proteins and stimulate the skin to produce more collagen and elastin. The fish collagen is converted into strong and healthy fibers when the body contains sufficient Vitamin C and sulfur. By adding a special type of pomegranate extract and MSM (organic sulfur), a shortage of vitamin C and sulfur is supplemented. This converts the collagen into strong and healthy fibers and keeps the skin in place, preventing wrinkles and sagging. Many cheaper collagen products contain the cheaper collagen from cattle or pigs. This absorbs much worse than fish collagen, which means it is poorly absorbed by the skin. Collagen from pigs is better to use for injections because its tighter structure means it stays in place longer.
The best of the best to make your own collagen drink
If you want the best that can be found on the market, then the LavieSage Boost & Lift the best choice. The Boost and Lift, just like Ultra Collagen, contains fish collagen peptides, sulfur and vitamin C, but asupplemented with elastin fibers, ceramide and hyaluronic acid. Elastin keeps the skin supple and elastic while hyaluronic acid ensures that the skin remains hydrated. Ceramides are fatty compounds in the skin that are partly responsible for the functioning and moisture regulation of the skin. You can also easily add LavieSage Boost & Lift to your fruit and vegetable shake for the tastiest, healthiest and best collagen drink.
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Collagen treatments
- Light therapy with a Cold laser is a very effective way to replenish collagen in the skin.
The photon laser is a cold laser that emits a highly concentrated light beam that penetrates the bone tissue. The red soft light gives the fibroblasts energy to produce new collagen. This means that Photon Laser provides new energy in all layers of the skin, muscles and bone tissue. By treating the muscles in the face with the Photon Laser, you will see that the healing light of the laser has an immediate lifting effect after 1 treatment. Training your arm muscles vigorously once has no long-term effect. It also works the same way with the skin. We therefore recommend treating the skin once every 6 weeks with the Photon Laser, possibly in combination with a Connective Tissue Massage or Collagen Booster. This slows down the speed of aging and repairs the aging process.
2. Collagen Booster even more red light for beautiful and healthy skin
The Collagen Booster works with a broader light spectrum than the Cold laser, so it does not penetrate as deeply into the bone tissue. Under the influence of the Collagen Booster, the fibroblasts produce type 1 collagen, hyaluronic acid and elastin at an extremely accelerated rate. The Collagen Booster mimics the warm, healing light rays of the sun, without the harmful light rays that the sun contains. When you sit in the sun, your skin turns brown. Pigment is produced to protect the skin. After treatment with the Collagen Booster, the skin does not tan because the Collagen Booster only emits healing light rays to the skin and harmful rays that turn the skin brown. By periodically maintaining the skin with the Collagen Booster you can permanently delay skin aging. The Collagen Booster and the Photon Laser combined is also called Bio Skinlight. It is the light therapy treatment for people who want to rejuvenate the skin in a beautiful natural way.
Collagen in food
In onze voeding vind je collageen vooral terug in de huid van dieren, echter eten we deze steeds minder. Alleen de huid van vis wordt nog wel eens gegeten. Viscollageen is voor de mens de meest zuivere vorm. De structuur van viscollageen lijkt heel erg op die van de mens and wordt hierdoor het beste opgenomen. Vlees, in tegenstelling, bevat niet veel collageen. De stukken vlees die dit wel bevatten, zoals de vezels eten we vaak niet op omdat deze taai zijn. Door een tekort aan de juiste voedingstoffen krijgt de huid te weinig collageen binnen . Dit zie je uiteindelijk niet alleen terug in de huid maar ook in de sterkte van de aanhechtingen van spieren. Ook gewrichten and botten worden zwakker door een tekort.
What does collagen contain?
- Bone Broth: Bone broth is made by boiling animal bones (such as chicken, beef or fish) in water. This releases gelatin, collagen and other nutrients that are easier for the body to absorb.
- Fish: Some types of fish, such as salmon and tuna, naturally contain collagen and can help increase collagen levels in the body.
- Eggs: The yolks of eggs contain collagen, as well as other important nutrients such as vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids.
- Beef: Beef also contains collagen, especially in parts of the meat that contain more connective tissue, such as cartilage, tendons and skin.
Collagen Advice
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Nicely written, thanks for all the info!