Why you should use Collagen

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Collagen

Collagen creams have been around for decades. At the first glance, they seem useful. After all, the skin is made of collagen; so if you put on a cream with collagen, the skin should absorb it and thereby improve. This does not work. Let me give you an analogy. Imagine you live in a brick house and your neighbor is throwing bricks at it. Will your walls become stronger or smoother? Of course not: those bricks will simply lay scattered on the ground.

Same happens when you apply a collagen cream. Collagen is a large molecule, it does not penetrate the skin but stays idly on top of it, only to be washed off during your next wash. Traditional collagen creams are not entirely useless because collagen can hold moisture and makes a decent moisturizer. Do not expect any long term change in your skin.

  Some companies use partially hydrolyzed collagen, or collagen chopped up into pieces small enough to penetrate the skin. But even if such downsized collagen penetrates the skin, the fragments are too small to properly integrate into the skin's own collagen framework. Like a lock and key analogy.  They are likely to be quickly washed out of the skin via lymphatic flow. Finally, a few companies claim to possess unique trans dermal technologies to deliver full-size collagen deep into the skin via topical application.

Purigenex is a state of the art trans dermal collagen mask that is applied to to the skin weekly and promises plumper skin. In the 2 months we have been using them at the spa, we have seen a drastic difference in the clients skin. I am amazed by the difference, and have become a believer. Purigenex uses Porcine collagen that is only stable in 39 degrees Farenheight, so it must be refrigerated. I have thought a lot about collagen and why it doesnt work, but like the brick analogy, no matter how much you use or apply  it can't get in.To me as an esthetician, Purigenex makes sense. It has the right ingredients that like a applying a key in a lock, fit, and it has the perfect PH level to produce optimum absorbstion. And of course I have seen the results. It is a must for all my clients now. For those of you that are product savy or want to know how it works read on.

Their flagship products are collagen-based intensive skin therapies These formulas are medically engineered with the world’s most highly purified atelocollagen — a truly non-immunogenic, bio-compatible element in the most active animal-source form. Collagen of this quality has never before been offered in topical cosmetic preparations. Their masks and serums are FDA-registered, preservative-free formulas that are highly tolerated by even the most sensitive individuals.

Collagen is nature’s most abundant protein polymer. It has a triple helical polypeptide structure with antigenic formations called “telopeptides” at each end of the molecule. Telopeptides are the major cause of immune reactions to proteins, because they are unique to each individual. Consequently, general collagen can cause an allergic response or rejection in up to 20% of treatments. Like all the collagen injections people had in the 90's.     

In atelocollagen, the telopeptides are removed from a Type I collagen molecule, creating a far more viable, non-immunogenic form of the protein. Furthermore, atelocollagen is much higher in density than general collagen; so, it is easily absorbed into the skin.

PURIGENEX’s atelocollagen was originally developed by distinguished researchers as a medical grade raw material for tissue regeneration. Now it has been adapted for trans dermal cosmetic use, providing the most highly purified, safe, bio-compatible collagen available with rare to no side effects.

I highly recommend this to anyone seeking plumper skin, reducing fine lines and wrinkles or helping with acne scars.