Snap 8

Amino Acids such as Heptapeptide-8 promote collagen production in the layers of the skin, helping improve skin structure, reducing sagging and making the skin appear firmer. It also assists the transport of nutrients through the skin's layers, which helps fight ageing, pigmentation, sagging and inflammation as the skin is efficiently provided with vitamins.

Heptapeptide 8, mimics the action of the molecule Laminin-5 which has the ability to enhance the integrity of your skin by improving the function of the dermal-epidermal layer.

Heptapeptide-8 promotes collagen growth in these layers which improves the structure of your skin, without the need for collagen injections, and has been PROVEN TO REDUCE SAGGING, making your skin appear firmer. Heptapeptide-8 also promotes the transport of nutrients through all 3 layers thereby having a beneficial effect on ageing, pigmentation, sagging, and inflammation.

Benefits:

• Heptapeptide-8 has the ability to enhance  the integrity of the skin and improve its function through the dermal-epidermal junction. The structure of this junction is one of the first places of the skin to be altered by ageing.
• Heptapeptide mimics the action of laminin-5, an important protein present in the basement layer of the skin and responsible for improving its function. The basement layer is where cellular communication, cohesion and cellular regeneration occur.
• Heptapeptide also stimulates the synthesis of integrins and keratins which are proteins produced in the epidermis and that are involved in the barrier function of the skin. They are involved in cell to cell adhesion, improving the skin barrier function and allow the skin to appear firmer.
• Heptapeptide stimulates the biosynthesis and secretion of laminin-5 and B1 integrins, which may assist in protecting the basement membrane against damage caused by ageing and helps to improve its structure and function.
• Heptapeptide has been demonstrated to increase the biosynthesis of collagen producing genes; Collagen I and Collagen III, which are important because they are responsible for the extensive connective tissue that is found in the skin, lungs and vascular system. As part of the extracellular matrix, its main function is to create resistance to mechanical tension and provide skin support.
• Heptapeptide has also been found to stimulate the biosynthesis of fibronectin, which is a glycoprotein that assists in the process of wound healing and is involved in cell adhesion, cellular growth, migration and differentiation.