| Will I become dependant on Genuine Collagen? Does the
skin become accustomed to receiving protein externally,
reducing its ability to produce its own? |
No. It isn’t so much support from the outside, but rather
an awakening of the fibroblasts inside, stimulating them to
produce on their own collagen. Research has shown an increase
in skin tissue after about 100 days of noninvasive topical
collagen application.
Actually, with regular use of Genuine Collagen, over time you
will be able to reduce the number of applications per day but
still retain the beneficial effects. |
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Why have many cosmetics companies abandoned supplementing
their products with collagen? |
- Lower-than-expected efficiency of the inactive bovine
collagen
- Low absorption rate associated with bovine collagen
- Fear of infection from BSE (mad cow disease).
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| What is elastin (one of the product's ingredients)? |
| It is a supportive protein, very similar to collagen, and
is the major connective tissue protein of elastic structures,
such as large blood vessels, tendons, ligaments, etc. It
constitutes 3% of skin proteins. |
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| How much pure collagen is in Genuine Collagen? |
| About 45%, or about 98% of the total dry mass. If the
water, lactic acid, and oils that give the product form as a
gel in the process of emulsification were separated out, we
would have collagen in its purest state, but the collagen
would lose its ability to penetrate the skin. More precisely,
Genuine Collagen has the maximum amount of collagen possible
that can be completely absorbed by the external layer of skin. |
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| What is the difference between fish collagen and the
collagen derived from cows? |
Fish collagen does not promote or induce allergy. The more
refined the species of fish used for the extraction of
collagen and the smaller the degree of pollution in the fresh
water reservoirs that are the source of the fish, the smaller
the number of people who become allergic to the product. The
number is statistically zero.
Since 1999, plastic surgeons have used bovine collagen less
and less. Fish collagen is unrelated to the spread of prions,
and the media’s reporting on mad cow disease deters consumers
from using bovine collagen.
Most importantly, Genuine Collagen is extracted from fish skin
by undergoing a unique method of silk fiber hyperfiltration
through a process developed in Poland and that is shown to be
effective at revitalizing skin. |
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| If it is so important to store Genuine Collagen at room
temperature (or below) in order to maintain its biological
structure, how is the biological structure retained when
applied to skin that is 98º? |
| A thin layer of Genuine Collagen applied to damp skin will
be absorbed in about 5 minutes. It takes 55 minutes of
sustained exposure to temperatures above 79ºF for the Genuine
Collagen’s triple helix structure to unwind and for the gel to
decoagulate and liquefy. |
