Why a Collagen Mask Does not Provide Long Term Benefits

Recently, I reviewed the ingredients in a popular collagen mask. The company claimed that their ingredients were "unique", but they weren't any different from what you would find in the average collagen gel remedy.

Cosmetic companies base their claims on the idea that the collagen-fibers that make up human skin can be supplemented with collagens from fish, cows or other animals. Anyone that understands how the fibers are formed realizes that this is impossible. Production of new fibers slows down with age, because the body starts producing fewer new skin cells.

A collagen mask might provide some cosmetic benefit, but the effects will not be long lasting and it will do nothing to improve the production of new fibers. Luckily, there are other creams that we can choose from, so we don't have to settle for the short-term effects of a collagen gel remedy.

Basically, the only thing that a collagen gel remedy can do is "fill in" wrinkles and fine lines, making them "look" less deep, temporarily. If you want long-term benefits, you need more. You need ingredients that stimulate skin-cell production.

The formation of a collagen-fiber is a complicated process, but here's a very simple explanation. A skin cell secretes very short chains of amino acids, known as "pro-collagens". Outside the cells, the pro-collagens bind with additional amino acids to form tropo-collagens. Multiple tropo-collagen molecules bind together and form fibrils. Multiple fibrils bind together to form a fiber. In addition to amino acids, vitamin C is needed to complete the process.

A collagen mask contains long chains of amino acids, known as proteins. Protein molecules are too long to pass through the cellular structure and they are too long to bind with pro-collagens to form tropo-collagens. In other words, they are of no benefit to fiber production.

Ingredients that stimulate skin-cell production are beneficial, because more pro-collagens will be secreted. Short chains of amino acids, known as peptides, are also beneficial, because they can bind with pro-collagens to form tropo-collagens. The average collagen gel remedy won't delay the signs of age, because it doesn't contain the right ingredients.

If you really want to make wrinkles less deep and increase firmness, the ingredients to look for include CYNERGY TK, which has been proven to stimulate skin cell production, and avocado oil, which has been proven to increase the number of new collagen-fibers. Only the best night-creams contain both of these.

One of the ingredients in that popular collagen mask that I mentioned earlier is hyaluronic acid. They claim it is a unique ingredient, but just about every collagen gel remedy on the market contains it. Why?

The level of hyaluronic acid present in the skin's layers decreases with age. It is a binding agent that contributes to the skin's firmness, but like supplementing collagens, you can't supplement hyaluronic acid levels by applying it to the face, but there are other extracts that prevent it from breaking down.

Now that you know this, instead of shopping for an expensive collagen mask that is of little or no benefit, look for creams that improve the skin's health. That's the real solution.

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