Hyaluronic acid for deeply moisturizing the skin and fighting wrinkles and lines

Consumers sometimes misunderstand Hyaluronic acid and few realize the nearly magical properties that it contains. Although it is called an “acid” it occurs naturally in the skin (and joints) and its moisturizing properties are of such nature that cosmetic surgeons inject it, to remove wrinkles. It carries no risk of allergies. ^{REF 178}

Hyaluronic acid is used in the following products: Rejuvenating Serum Rejuvenating Day Cream Rejuvenating Night Cream Rejuvenating Eye Cream Rejuvenating Neck Cream Rejuvenating Face Mask

On this page

• General information on hyaluronic acid
• Use of hyaluronic acid in cosmetics
• Hyaluronic acid and aging
• Hyaluronic acid and wound healing
• Different types of hyaluronic acid

General information

What makes it even a more attractive cosmetic ingredient is the fact that it is non toxic, non irritating and non sensitizing – so it can be used on all skin types.

But injecting hyaluronic acid is not necessary – as it is the cosmetic ingredient that penetrates the skin the deepest and imparts its moisturizing effect to the skin, and also “holds” moisture in the skin – giving a far more youthful looking appearance.

It is so effective that it will penetrate the dermis and epidermis within 30 minutes of application and this fact was well documented in clinical trails, which show that it not only passively diffuses into the skin, but is made possible by active transport into the skin. ^{REF 180}

Clinical data has also proven that hyaluronic acid is very important in controlling tissue hydration – which is a boon for anti-aging cosmetics – such as our Dermaxime Rejuvenating Range. ^{REF 160}

Use of hyaluronic acid in cosmetics

Few cosmetic manufacturers use it, or if they do, use a weak solution, or the wrong type, as pure low-molecular weight hyaluronic acid is an extremely expensive ingredient and must be used at the correct percentage inclusion to do its work.

We use the 100% pure low molecular weight hyaluronic acid in our products.

Apart from its moisturizing capabilities, it is also extremely effective to “piggy-back” other ingredients into the skin – and for this reason it has been used extensively in medical applications for drug delivery.

Although we use hyaluronic acid in a cream for application to the skin – it in actual fact works in hydrating and moisturizing the skin from the inside and with this helps to smooth out wrinkles.

Apart from moisturizing and hydrating the skin plus the smoothing-out of wrinkles, the increase of hydration in the skin is of essential importance, as this helps in getting nutrition to the skin cells, as well as providing the vehicle for proper waste removal from the cells – as it helps to increase the amount of water held in the extracellular matrix of the skin.

This is an important point – as it not only supremely hydrates the skin, but also assists with the proper functioning of the actual cells in the skin and has a structure stabilizing function as well. ^{REF 179}

Hyaluronic acid and aging

As stated previously, hyaluronic acid is naturally present in the skin, but as we age, the percentage of hyaluronic acid in the skin decreases, which also accounts for the loss of hydration and moisture in the skin.

This decrease in hyaluronic acid also affects the way that the skin operates and ultimately results in wrinkling and loss of elasticity and a decrease of collagen – the support of the skin.

The decrease of hyaluronic acid starts at around the age of 20, but becomes apparent when people get into their forties – and for this reason we promote the use of our Rejuvenating Range to young people as well – in order for them to counteract the effects of aging before it has time to cause tell-tale damage to the skin.

A decrease of hyaluronic acid also negatively impacts on the fibroblast of the skin – and this leads to even less collagen being made, which also cause the skin to become far less elastic.

An enzyme action in the skin – hyaluronidase – breaks down hyaluronic acid, and for this reason, it must be replenished if you intend to have a soft, smooth and young-looking complexion.

Hyaluronic acid and wound healing

During clinical trials it was also shown that this ingredient is effective to promote healing and to fight inflammatory conditions of the skin. ^{REF 161}

Inflammation of the skin is also one of the factors that cause skin aging.

Different types of hyaluronic acid

Hyaluronic acid can basically be divided into high and low molecular weight molecules – with the low molecular weight, being the preferred one to use in cosmetics, as it is a smaller molecule, which penetrates the skin far easier, yet has the ability of holding and binding the same amount of moisture in the skin as its higher molecule weight cousin.

The low molecular weight (LMW) hyaluronic acid has also shown to increase important and needed enzymes in the skin, to increase skin health in general.

It is also of importance in keeping the normal functioning (homeostasis) of the skin on track - and actively helps with cell differentiation when the “baby” cells are formed in the epidermal stem cells (basal layer), and then start their journey through the skin to finish off as dead flattened cells that normally shed.

This whole process can be thrown off kilter as we age, by environmental factors as well as environmental chemicals and the LMW hyaluronic acids helps to balance this entire process as well - thereby normalizing healthy skin functioning. ^{REF 181 -190}