What are the effects of collagen? Is it really that powerful?

Collagen is an important raw material for repairing damaged tissues and is the best choice for female beauty. It can effectively moisturize, anti-aging, repair, and give skin elasticity. In the long term, it can promote skin metabolism, make the skin smooth, shiny and reduce wrinkles.

1. The life cycle of collagen in the skin.

There are two main ways to produce collagen. One is to eat foods containing protein, which are broken down into amino acids in the digestive tract and then absorbed by the small intestine. It is transported to each cell through the blood, and then the gene that controls collagen in the cell nucleus is transcribed into messenger RNA, and then messenger RNA uses amino acids to synthesize collagen. In addition, collagen is constantly generated between skin cells, which means that collagen is also a component that grows within the body itself.

2. What are the functions of collagen?

1. Moisturizing: Collagen is rich in hydrophilic natural moisturizing groups. It combines with the protein on the skin surface to replenish the lost collagen. At the same time, it can also conserve skin moisture and make the skin hydrophilic.

2. Anti-aging: Due to the excellent compatibility of collagen's molecular structure with human skin collagen, it can be completely absorbed by the skin and fill in between the skin matrix layers, thereby making the skin plump and wrinkles smoothed. At the same time, it also increases skin density, creates tension, and increases skin elasticity.

3. Repair: Collagen has unique repair function and good affinity with surrounding tissues, and has the effect of repairing tissues.

4. Give skin elasticity: Collagen can make the skin soft, plump and elastic, lubricate the stratum corneum, stimulate skin microcirculation, promote skin metabolism, make the skin smooth, shiny and reduce wrinkles.

3. What factors lead to the loss of collagen?

Although collagen is a "self-generated" component synthesized by the human body, the rate of this production decreases with age. The collagen content in the human body will gradually increase from birth to 20 years old, and remain stable from 20 to 30 years old. After 30 years old, the collagen production ability will gradually decrease, but the loss rate will gradually increase, reaching the peak after 40-50 years old. In addition to age, external environmental factors such as ultraviolet radiation can affect the growth of collagen and accelerate the loss of collagen.