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Collagen is a protein that supports the structure and suppleness of our skin, keeping it young and preventing the signs of aging by maintaining its moisture levels and elasticity. The ravages of time and environmental factors cause deterioration in collagen levels, weaken the skin, produce wrinkles and a sagging body. Yet, we can to an extent, restore collagen by incorporating a variety of measures that include diet, lifestyle, skin creams and cosmetic surgery.
Collagen injections are used to treat imperfections in the facial skin, whether they are wrinkles, crow's feet, laugh lines, acne scars or creases. Collagen injections are also used in the lips to create plumper, fuller lips. Collagen injections in the face are by far the most popular treatment, however. These treatments are quick, safe and relatively easy to have done.
Collagen injections are a way to make skin look younger and healthier by plumping up the dermis and epidermis layers of the skin, causing it to become smoother in appearance. The outside layer of skin is the epidermis, which controls and maintains the moisture level within the skin and body cells. Without this protective covering the body itself would soon dehydrate. The dermis, lying beneath the epidermis, is made up of collagen, a naturally occurring protein of the skin. It is also the foremost support structure of the internal mechanisms of the dermis.
As humans age, the skin loses collagen. Some opt to get collagen injections to plump up the skin or to correct areas where the collagen has been depleted. It is a non-invasive procedure in which a doctor will inject collagen into the skin.
