Collagen: Why It Fades With Age — and How to Stimulate Natural Production

From age 25 the body loses about 1% of its collagen per year. What that does to the skin — and what can be done.

Collagen is the skin's skeleton

Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body, responsible for the skin's firmness, elasticity and thickness. From around age 25, natural production gradually declines — and the results are familiar: fine lines, loss of firmness, thinner and more fragile skin.

What accelerates the loss?

Unprotected sun exposure, smoking, stress, poor sleep and a low-protein diet.

How can new production be stimulated?

Alongside a healthy lifestyle — biostimulation treatments reactivate the fibroblasts (the collagen-producing cells). It is today's leading way to trigger focused, measurable collagen production — without surgery.

General information only — not medical advice.