Functional Keratin And Skin Care Explained.

If you've spent any time reading about skin health and skin care you'll start reading about keratin pretty soon. What is it?
You can find keratin in our hair and nails and our skin, amongst others. It is a protein that is very strong.
It is produced in the epidermis of our skin by cells called keratinocytes, and these keratin cells slowly come to the surface of our skin where they form a protective layer of dead skin cells on the surface, and slowly slough off over time.
There are some important roles that keratin performs in our skin, including providing some skin waterproofing. But in particular it provides skin elasticity and skin strength.
Both these are important for optimal skin health, and as our skin ages it starts to lose some of its ability to maintain its strength and elasticity and this is due in part to a reduction in keratin.
So you would assume that it's good to use skin care products that contain keratin, but that's wrong.
The reason is that the process used to produce the keratin found in mainstream skin care products is a process using heat and acid, and this "denaturalizes" the keratin into a form that is of no use to the skin.
Now what is functional keratin? It is a form of keratin that has been extracted using a different process other than heat and acid and so isn't denaturalized. It comes from the wool of sheep and is functional in the sense that it is still in a form that is of use to our skin.
One very small company has only very recently perfected this process and has patented it, and puts the functional keratin into a product called Cynergy TK that is used only in the very best skin care products available.
Studies on the effectiveness of products containing Cynergy TK have shown visible improvements in fine lines and wrinkles on the skin and an improvement in skin complexion.
Cynergy TK is very expensive, though the products using Cynergy TK are not highly priced for one particular reason.The big brand skin care products (which dont use Cynergy TK as its too expensive) spend up big on TV advertising, so have to load up the price of their products to pay for this.
Big brand skin care products are priced to cover the cost of all their advertising.
So there's some background on the role of keratin in the skin. And about what functional keratin is if you were wondering.
Visit my website to find out more or to find the worlds best skin care products that contain Cynergy TK.

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