A few years ago, every cosmetic company on the planet was pushing the C0Q10 enzyme as the next miracle cure for about every health and skin care problem. Moreover, if this enzyme could actually help our collagen increase this would be a breakthrough. All this was backed up by 1,000 research...

Guess what is the biggest component of our skin? It is the protein collagen and three quarters of the skin is made of this vital element. This is one of the reasons why there is so much emphasis nowadays on the ideal collagen facial cream.

There are other proteins too such as elasti...

Did you know that the word collagen actually means healing? That was the original meaning of the Greek word, from which it is derived. Not only is it present in large quantities in our skin but it is a protagonist in tendons, ligaments, cartilage, eyes and the bones. This is why collagen an...

Lots of anti-wrinkle creams containing collagen and elastin will be using clever marketing ploys to get you to buy them. There may be descriptions of enhancers, bio-nutrients, concentrate, and state of the art ingredients and so on. The problem is that they do not tell you the facts. That i...

People have strange ideas about skin care cream. They probably think that it is all pretty banal and the products are safe or very safe! If only they knew. That is why I want to sort out fact from fiction in this article about personal hygiene in general, including skin care moisturizer cre...

I had to laugh when I read in the New York Times that you can now buy instant coffee enhanced with collagen protein! This is just the latest craze in selling food and drink with so-called beauty enhancing ingredients. What next? It just shows that there are lots of people out there who thin...

Many people ask 'do collagen pills help your skin?' First of all we need to ask what exactly is this element in our skin, before we can answer that question adequately. Collagen and elastin are rather like springs in a bed. They are tight rather wiry fibres, mostly made of protein, which ar...

There are understandable doubts about elastin and collagen creams. But I think that injectable collagen, also known as soft tissue augmentation, is both risky and expensive. You have to have treatments at six month intervals and it seems to cost around $300 each time.

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There are quite a few cosmetic companies who are trying to sell collagen treatments, touted as pure collagen! The unsuspecting consumer may think this is true and that the more collagen applied, the better. Here are three secrets about collagen skin care which you may not know about.

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Did you know that there is NOT ONE clinical trial to show that by applying collagen to your face, you will have smoother, firmer skin? Why is this? Because this vital element itself cannot be applied topically and moreover, there is no evidence at all that it will actually stimulate our own...