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After three to five months of topical application the skin's surface will gradually begin to reflect a more youthful appearance. Smoother and firmer to the touch, deeper lines will appear much less pronounced. Older and prematurely aged skin will simply look, act and feel like younger skin. Primary ingredient L-ascorbic acid is the choice form of vitamin C based on long established medical knowledge that L-ascorbic acid is the only form of vitamin C the body can recognize and utilize to stimulate collagen synthesis.
Vitamin C, in the form of L-ascorbic acid, is the one vitamin that doctors agree can speed wound healing, protect fatty tissues from oxidation damage, and play an integral role in collagen synthesis. Essential for the growth and maintenance of connective tissue, vitamin C is now being recognized for its active role in the prevention of premature aging of the skin.
Vitamin C needs "helpers" to manufacture healthy collagen - the material responsible for the suppleness, elasticity and ultimately the smooth, youthful contours of the face.
One of these important enhancers is the mineral zinc. Like vitamin C, zinc levels in the skin decline with age and sun damage. Zinc is necessary to help support the increased collagen turnover stimulated by ascorbic acid. In order for new collagen to be constructed, old, defective and stiffened collagen must be dismantled by an enzymatic process involving collagenase. Zinc is an essential component of collagenase, so it must be present within the skin to create the right conditions for collagen to build its skin firming network.
Another helper to collagen production is tyrosine. This is an important amino acid needed for promoting cell renewal, and is also required for the production of proteins involved in skin remodeling and repair. Even though one's diet may contain adequate amounts of vitamin C, zinc and tyrosine, it does not necessarily mean that they will reach the skin, particularly if the skin has been overly sun-exposed.
Sunlight, smoking and environmental conditions cause damage to the fragile capillary pathways that feed the skin. Nutrients circulating in the bloodstream can no longer reach the skin in adequate amounts. Without these essential components, the skin cells cannot make the healthy collagen needed for maintaining firm, youthful looking skin.
Provides more than twenty times the amount of vitamin C found in normal skin.
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