What Creates SNAP in the Skin?
Elastin and collagen are intertwined within your skin to keep it firm, smooth, flexible and resistant to wrinkling.
How Does Skin Lose SNAP?
The body stops producing elastin around the age of 21. Fine lines and wrinkles are the result of sun exposure and the normal aging process, which contribute to the loss of elastin. The images below show the structure of elastin and collagen fibers in healthy vs. damaged skin.
Elastin
Elastin is a coil-like protein that provides the skin with its resiliency. Healthy elastin enables the skin to SNAP back into place. Damaged elastin lacks elasticity.
Type
I Collagen
Collagen is the major protein that makes up the connective tissue within the skin. Healthy collagen provides supportive strength for elastin. Damaged collagen lacks the structure to be supportive.
Synergy
of Elastin and Collagen
Elastin and collagen are proteins that work together to provide skin with supportive strength and resiliency. You can see how collagen provides the scaffolding upon which elastin can thrive. When damaged, these degraded proteins cannot support or provide lasting elasticity in the skin
ELASTIderm is not a moisturizer. Rather, it uses a revolutionary bi-mineral complex, including copper and zinc, that has been clinically proven to help restore elasticity and build collagen in your skin.
