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Yes, what about those peptides? I mentioned peptides and the importance of having peptides in your products in a previous post“Collagen Cream, Ya Think?” .

Peptides are short chains of amino acids, proteins. These have the ability to penetrate your skin and have a positive effect on your skin’s fibroblasts. Peptides communicate with the fibroblast regrading loss of youthful function and degraded DNA (also mentioned in the referenced post above). Like I said before, have a little chat, a pep talk. Wow~ I can’t believe I just typed that, a peptide pep talk? Cornyyy, but I’m leaving it. LOL. Read the rest of this entry »

There are many products available claiming to replace the collagen in your skin. Some do the job. But most can’t, here’s why.

You need to look at the ingredients listed. Collagen as an ingredient itself is nothing more than an expensive moisturizer. A collagen molecule is much too large to penetrate your skin’s pores.  Simply adding collagen as an ingredient doesn’t stimulate collagen production in your skin. It only provides temporary plumping. Read the rest of this entry »