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The collagen multi-peptides can promote collagen synthesis, may promote the skin collagen’s metabolism and improve the ageing skin. Through the animal experiment by rubbing the cream which contains collagen on their skin, it certifies that it also can improve the structures of epidermis and dermis effectively and promote the collagen synthesis in skin.

The collagen makes a close elastic net in the skin to keep the moisture and support the skin like a framework. It supports the breast and keeps the cell cytoblastema plentifully, makes the skin be elastic, moisturizing, soft and smooth.

The functions of beauty

1) Moisture Retention

The horny layer of skin contains the moisture 10% - 20%, if it’s below 10% the skin will be dry. Depletion of moisture will result in rough skin and losing flexibility, elasticity and lubricating ability, thereby wrinkles occur. In the molecule of collagen there are massive hydrophilic groups which have a function to keep moisture. And also the collagen contains rich glycin, lactamine, aspartic acid, serine, they actually can penetrate the epidermis to enter into the dermis to have an effect of natural moisture factor so as to improve the moisture percentage and keep skin moisturized.

2) Repair

Collagen peptide can permeate directly to the skin bottom and has a good affinity with the surrounding tissues. It assists the cells to produce collagenoblast and promote the normal growth of skin cells. Meanwhile, collagen peptide itself also has the functions of anti-inflammatory and regeneration of skin.

3) Whitening

The melanin forms in the skin by a series of chemical reactions of tyrosine under the action of tyrosinase. Collagen may suppress the tyrosinase activity to reduce the melanin. German scholar Domsch et al.’s research indicates that collagen multi-peptide in the range of molecular weight 2000 matches 10% solution, rubs on the skin once in a while and after 48 hours the skin pigmented spot caused by the ultraviolet ray reduces about 25%.

4) Anti-wrinkle

The loss of collagen will result in break of elastic net which supports the skin. The atrophy and collapse of skin tissues lead to the cavity and gap in the skin, then skin will become slack and wrinkled. The biological enzymolytic collagen peptide can reach into dermis directly to replenish the reducing collagen, reform the skin fiber structure, promote cell metabolism, delay the cell ageing, enable the skin smooth and stretch the tiny wrinkle.

The functions of hair-dressing and strengthening nails

The hair health depends on the scalp subcutaneous tissue's nutrition, just as mentioned before, the collagen consisted in dermis is the nutrition supply station for epidermis and its appendages which mainly consist of hair and nails. The lack of collagen will lead to hair’s dryness and furcation, the nail’s break, grey and lackluster.

The hair is as same as skin which is composed of collagen. Under the microscope after cutting a hair we’ll see that the center is marrow, the middle is collagen and the outside layer is scales. Collagen mainly controls hair thickness, elasticity and moisture. Scale is a kind of fragile tissue. It is easy to be worn due to the heats by friction and then results in the inside collagen being decomposed by irritation.

To have beautiful hair needs to replenish collagen, nourish subcutaneous tissues so as to promote the health of hair, keep hair glossy and silken.

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