Collagen: Why It Should Be Your New Hair and Skin Care Essential

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Collagen is a protein that can be found in many parts of the body, such as ligaments, hair, and skin. But you can also get it from foods, supplements, and creams.

It’s what makes your skin look young and healthy-looking, and your hair strong and vibrant. Here are a few reasons why collagen should be your new hair and skincare essential:

Collagen: Essential Protein for Hair & Skincare

It fights damage to hair follicles.

Collagen acts as an antioxidant that fights damage caused by stress, pollutants, and other environmental influences. Biotin, a kind of vitamin B, helps boost hair growth as well.

Ms. Plainspoken’s review of Organix Biotin & Collagen Shampoo shows how biotin and collagen together can provide amino acids that will provide your body with the building blocks to grow healthy hair.

They clean the scalp and give volume to the hair without drying it.

Our feature on Biosil and Biotin explains that both products can stimulate hair growth. And while they do help your hair grow fuller and shinier, biotin does this for a cheaper price and is more easily accessible.

It helps slow signs of aging in the hair.

A study on NCBI reveals that collagen is also found in the hair roots, which is in the dermis of the skin. This means that the collagen which keeps skin healthy is also the collagen that keeps hair strong.

However, the older you get, the less collagen is being produced by your body, thus resulting in graying and thinning hair.

But be aware that factors like stress can damage the hair and make it age earlier than it should. Fortunately, collagen has anti-aging properties, so it can slow that process of graying and hair thinning by fighting cell damage.

It reduces fine lines.

Collagen also appears to be the secret to a youthful glow.

According to Pretty Me’s feature on Frozen Collagen supplements, this protein helps flush the toxins out of your system.

These toxins (or free radicals) break down the collagen in the skin and are the cause of loose skin and fine lines. Including collagen in your beauty routine also injects antioxidants into your skin.

You’ll notice that your skin will tighten and pore size may even be reduced — giving you a brighter and youthful complexion.

It helps in wound healing.

Collagen makes up about 75% of the skin. When you get injured, collagen is a big part of why it heals. It stops the bleeding, supports the growth of immune and skin cells, and stimulates new blood cell formation.

WebMD’s article on collagen reports that taking collagen supplements can speed up the healing process twice as fast, as long as the intake of the supplements is consistent for the duration of the healing.

Conclusion

Nowadays, skin and hair products that contain collagen aren’t very hard to find. Some take the supplement on an empty stomach with the idea that you can absorb the collagen better.

On the other hand, some like to apply the cream form before going to bed to give the body time to absorb it. You can even include collagen in your daily meals.

Healthline lists foods that contain protein — including chicken, citrus fruits, and leafy greens.

There is no one right time to take or apply collagen, and incorporating collagen into your lifestyle and beauty routine doesn’t have to be complicated.