How to Accelerate Skin Aging

Women who smoke cigarettes prematurely age their faces by about 10 years.¹

A mechanism of tobacco-induced skin aging is impaired collagen synthesis.¹

Tobacco also stimulates enzymes that degrade skin collagen.¹

Another proven way to destroy collagen is exposure to ultraviolet radiation,² be it from the sun or tanning beds.

Each year, adults lose about 1% of their skin collagen, which contributes to thinning and wrinkling.^3,4 While this may not seem like a lot, after several decades individuals may lose half the skin collagen they had at age 18.^3,4

Readers of Life Extension Magazine® do a lot to protect their skin. This includes supplementing with vitamin C and pine bark extract to promote collagen biosynthesis and suppress enzymes that destroy the skin’s collagen matrix.⁵

Astaxanthin also suppresses collagen-damaging enzymes and inflammatory markers, with clinical data showing delayed skin aging.⁶

An often overlooked factor in skin aging is the cross-linking of collagen caused by glycation.⁷

Even a modest, oral dose of carnosine has been shown to improve objective measures of skin appearance in women.^8,9

Restoring collagen lost to decades of normal aging and environmental factors has been challenging up until now.

A Novel Solution

A patented bioactive collagen peptide has been shown to replenish and stimulate the production of procollagen type I (by 65%) and elastin in older skin.¹⁰

The result is more youthful skin elasticity and hydration, with a reduced appearance of wrinkles under the eyes. Read more about this in our Restore Youthful Skin Collagen article.

Control Skin Aging

Cosmetic surgery is surging because maturing people are refusing to appear outwardly older.^11,12

What too many neglect, however, are nutrients that have been shown to help rejuvenate aging skin from within.

Irrefutable evidence documents how we can age faster, such as exposing our skin to solar rays or cigarette smoke.^1,2

On the flip side are studies revealing how collagen can be regenerated to restore a more youthful appearance to our facial skin.^10,13

For longer life,

William Faloon, Co-Founder
Life Extension Buyers Club

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10. Proksch E, Schunck M, Zague V, et al. Oral intake of specific bioactive collagen peptides reduces skin wrinkles and increases dermal matrix synthesis. Skin Pharmacol Physiol. 2014;27(3):113-9.
11. Available at: https://www.plasticsurgery.org/documents/news/statistics/2017/plastic-surgery-statistics-report-2017.pdf. Accessed January 18, 2019.
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