Collagen The Science Of LifeCell

LifeCell is a revolutionary anti wrinkle, anti aging skincare product from South Beach Skincare Inc that has stunned the cosmetics industry with its ingredients, promises and efficacy.

This all in one skincare cream is an anathema to everything the marketers at the big wig cosmetics companies strive for - brand extension. With LifeCell you purchase one product that attacks all signs of aging skin - lines, wrinkles, sagging skin, age spots, pigmentation and dryness. With LifeCell the days of purchasing separate moisturizers for day and night are gone, no more eye creams and oils, neck creams, fading creams and intense treatments. One cream - LifeCell.

South Beach Skincare has invested a huge amount of money and time at home and Europe to find the best formulation for the LifeCell total anti aging skincare product. It has not skimped on the expensive ingredients like some manufacturer's do - they put in a token amount just so it can be listed as an ingredient.

To fully understand why its formulation has made LifeCell so highly praised by medicos and beauticians alike, its necessary to look at the key ingredients, and their benefits, individually, starting with Collagen.

Collagen, which makes up 70% of the dry weight of our skin, is produced naturally in our skin and it is collagen that gives skin its elasticity and strength. In everyday life our skin is exposed to free radicals that attack collagen, and, as we get older, our skin gradually loses its ability to replace damaged collagen, leading to wrinkles.

Our bodies naturally produce antioxidants that attack these nasty free radicals, but guess what? As we get older our bodies slow down the manufacture of these antioxidants. The equation reads: fewer antioxidants + more free radicals = more lines and wrinkles.

There are many skincare products on the market boasting that they contain collagen, which is derived from either cattle or bird sources. The trouble with this is that collagen is a large molecule that cannot penetrate the skin, it just sits on top of it, waiting to be washed away next time you wash your face.

Now we come to the part where cosmetics boast about the fact that they contain antioxidants. Many of the cheaper and commonly used antioxidants used are quickly overwhelmed by free-radicals, so again their inclusion is a marketing gesture rather than being of therapeutic benefit. LifeCell anti wrinkle cream contains Dithiolane-3-Pentanic Acid (D3PA), a powerful anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant that boosts our body's ability to produce elastin and collagen to help our skin look healthy, younger, and wrinkle free (more details in Part 2).

Vitamin C too is a great antioxidant and its inclusion in LifeCell is to plump up thinning skin by stimulating collagen production (see Part 3). Most cosmetics that include Vitamin C are using the cheap and relatively unstable L-Absorbic Acid, which oxidizes in the presence of air. Scientists have discovered a way of bonding Vitamin C with palmitic acid, calling the product Ascorbyl Palmitate, which can be mixed into creams and retain its freshness and efficacy for months or even years.
So South Beach has dared to step away from the trend of declaring collagen as an ingredient in LifeCell (because applying it to the skin is a useless exercise). However, they have acknowledged that science has proven that reduced collagen is the main cause of wrinkles and have developed a combination of ingredients that stimulate the body's own collagen production.

With LifeCell, South Beach has thrown down the gauntlet to other anti wrinkle and anti aging cream manufacturers, challenging them to start including quality ingredients in worthwhile levels at a reasonable price.