Hyaluronic acid belongs to the glycoconojugates. It is used in a pure and concentrated form in various skin care products. Hyaluronic acid is a glyocosaminoglycan. It is naturally found in the intracellular matix of skin. It functions include being a protective, regulating structure, and absorbing shock.

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Hyaluronic acid is often found in the joints, the lower layers of skin, the umbilical cord, and in embryonic skin.

Medical grade Hyaluronic acid is used to minimize post-operative adhesions forming. It is also used as a viscoelastic agent in intra-ocular interventions and a synovial fluid replacement. Additionally, it is used in helping surgical wounds heal through regeneration.

Hyaluronic acid’s special properties make it a useful moisturizer. This is because hyaluronic acid is key in tissue hydration, lubrication, and cellular function. It is also capable of holding water better than other biological substances. Thus there is not better substance for improving skin smoothness and softness. It can also help decrease wrinkles.

Hyaluronic acid has been proven to reduce skin dryness as well as itching and burning. Additionally it helps create an ideal environment for new cells to grow and healing skin peeling.

Hyaluronic acid is a key part of the extra-cellular matrix that surrounds rapidly dividing cells. It is important for the rapid and perfect healing of wounds in foetal and neonatal organisms. It is also crucial to the biochemistry of fetal development.

Research has proved that foetal tissues include key quantities of Hyaluronic acid and that when the quantities decrease aging and wrinkling of the skin occurs. Thus Hyaluronic acid is useful in maintaining and regaining youthful skin, as it helps revitalize flawed tissue.

Within the Skin
About 15% of body weight is from the skin. Half of the hyaluronic acid in your body is located in the skin. Younger people have a lot more hyaluronic acid in their skin compared to older people. Hence why they have fewer wrinkles. As we age our bodies produce less hyaluronic acid. Thus it is important to provide the skin with hyaluronic acid to maintain youthful skin.

Hyaluronic acid is now known to be as important as collagen in maintaining youthful skin. Collagen helps keep skin firm, while hyaluronic acid is key to keeping collagen healthy. Collagen is similar to a rubber band in that it can be stretched out. The more it is stretched the more it becomes deformed and eventually cannot stretch anymore. If the collagen is not nourished it stays stretched out, but if it receives the nourishment from hyaluronic acid it can maintain its shape. Thus your skin will be young, smooth, and elastic as long as it maintains an adequate concentration of hyaluronic acid.

Benefits
• moisturizes skin from the inside out, smoothing out wrinkles in the process
• helps people who need to ease the flexing of their joints, especially their knees, by restoring cushioning to their joints
• suitable for men and women in their 30s and 40s who are beginning to see the first signs of aging
• suitable for seniors who have established joint conditions