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Relationship between skin and amino acids

The key to intensively moisturised skin

  • Explanation on the reason
    behind skin’s trouble
  • What is the moisturising ingredient
    that is known to be lacking?
  • The mechanism that controls
    the appearance of the skin
  • Understand by digits!
    Importance of amino acid

Why is amino acid essential?

60-70% of the human body consists of water, and about 20% consists of amino acids.

Amino acids play an important role as the source of moisture.

Approximately half of NMF in corneocytes is formed with amino acids

*PCA: Natural moisturising ingredients produced from amino acids

Keratin fibers that support NMF in corneocytes is also made up of amino acids

These keratin fibers are also made up of amino acids.

Collagen is also made up of amino acids

Amino acid molecules are pico-sized at approximately 1/3000 the size of a common collagen molecule.

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