Honestly? You will probably find Collagen Peptides in both places!

Collagen can be used topically as well as used in supplements to enter your bloodstream and improve your body's health.

Because collagen is a prominent protein naturally found in the body, it contains many important functions to keep your skin healthy. Collagen supplements aid the process from within the body, focusing on areas such as joint health, skin strengthening, bone health, muscle mass and even heart functions. While we offer collagen as a serum to apply topically and help keep the surface of your skin healthy, supplements are ingested to handle the body's health internally.

What Do We Know About Collagen?

Collagen is a protein made by many animals, including us.

Proteins are formed when amino acids are joined into long chains. The bond between amino acid residues is made by losing water. The water is removed by complex enzymatic reactions, which is also how the water can be restored. Long chains of proteins will be broken into small pieces and amino acids. This is what we do when we hydrolyze collagen; see, hydro, the word for water is right there! Otherwise it would be insoluble and would be useless on our skin. So, sometimes you’ll hear people say something like “collagen is too big to enter the skin”, and they are right: collagen is insoluble, it would not go anywhere. But the broken pieces can enter the skin and they do.

We at Skin Actives use collagen peptides resulting from the hydrolysis of fish collagen. This is a useful ingredient, just not good for vegans. If you are a vegan, check out our vegan alternative.

Just don’t forget that there is a lot more than collagen in your skin. In fact, our Advanced Ageless Collagen Serum works on the rest of the skin macromolecules as well, but calling it “Collagen Serum” is shorter than saying “serum that preserves the integrity and health of your skin by supplying epidermal growth factor plus every ingredient known to help with protein integrity in the skin”.

And, as always, Skin Actives is treating you to FREE STANDARD DOMESTIC SHIPPING, so there has never been a better time to stop by and pick up the collagen serum you've been thinking about!