Collagen and elastin are proteins in your body that support your skin and keep it looking youthful and clear.
Collagen acts as your skin’s scaffolding, giving it strength and support. It’s also essential to wound healing because it helps your body replace old, damaged cells with new, healthy ones.
Elastin keeps your skin flexible, giving it the ability to stretch, recoil, and go back to its original form.
As we age, our bodies produce less and less of these proteins, which explains why we start noticing fine lines and wrinkles. Other factors, like sun exposure, stress, and even having a poor diet, can negatively affect our bodies’ production of collagen and elastin.
