Peptides in cosmetics instead of plastic surgery

“Peptides are the same proteins, only with very short chains. Proteins are made up of amino acids, like a chain of links, and these chains can be of different lengths. Very long chains can have a dozen links, short ones only 2-3 links. Proteins with very short links are peptides. Because of their short links, peptides are referred to the microworld, and even the nanoworld.

In the body, peptides perform a signaling function: they transmit information from cell to cell and correct their work.

Manufacturers themselves make some confusion with peptides. In the composition of creams, they introduce the term “peptides”, calling them a protein hydrolyzate.

In fact, a protein hydrolyzate is a mixture of peptides, protein and amino acids. A hydrolyzate is a substance obtained by hydrolysis. What is hydrolysis? This is the destruction of protein, as a result of which amino acid hydrolysates containing peptides, amino acids and other components are obtained, ”explains Aleksey Veliky, founder of the project“ Chief for Beauty ”.

In cosmetics, peptides fall into three main categories: signal peptides, carrier peptides, and those that inhibit nerve signals. Acting as messengers, signal peptides can induce collagen synthesis, which then improves skin firmness.

The basic idea behind adding peptides to cosmetics is that when collagen breaks down, the polypeptides act as a warning system, informing our bodies to make as much collagen as possible to help replace what we naturally lose as we getting older. Therefore, using products with peptides directly on top of our skin tricks our skin into thinking that it has lost collagen and needs to make new ones.

Carrier peptides help deliver copper to certain enzymes that are responsible for the growth of new blood vessels, as well as collagen and elastin. But those peptides that inhibit nerve signals can soften the fine lines that are the result of active facial expressions, and act like botox.

Thus, the cream with peptides stimulates the production of collagen, makes the skin healthier, smoother, more elastic and reduces the number of wrinkles. Do not forget that peptides are capable of suppressing nerve signals and disrupting the connection between nerves and muscles: if the muscles do not contract, they will be less worn out and will form wrinkles more slowly – well, isn’t it a miracle?

“A cosmetic cream with peptides should contain all reliable information about peptides on the package. The concentration and properties of the peptides, the sequence of the peptide chain and its length should be indicated. But this, as we notice, is not. For this reason, creams containing peptides raise a lot of doubt: are there really peptides or just a good formula of a cosmetic cream, ”comments Aleksey Veliky.

“It is worth remembering that cosmetics work superficially: only six percent of the best serums penetrate into the dermis – the deep layer of the skin, where the issue of new collagen synthesis is resolved. Since the skin has an epidermal barrier – its first function, a protective one, precisely in order to overcome it, they came up with injections – mesotherapy, ”Alexey Veliky explains.

The problem is also that peptides are usually too large to penetrate the skin, but they can be delivered by injection, and then the result will definitely replace plastic.

“In preparations for bioreparation with peptides, the formula is more bioavailable, does not contain preservatives, fragrances and other necessary attributes of cosmetics. The concentration of peptides is as high as possible, and all drugs are subjected to the most thorough clinical studies (at least 6 years), and not clinical observations, as consumers of mass cosmetic products are often misled. Today bioreparation is inseparable from laser cosmetology, these are inseparable things that, in combination, give the maximum effect of improving the quality of the skin and preventing aging processes, ”says Aleksey Veliky.