Hyaluronic acid is a part of the glycoconjugates and it is also added pure and concentrated to the formulation of the skin care products. It is a glycosaminoglycan found in the intracellular matrix of skin (between skin cells) where it has a protective, structure regulating and shock-absorbing role.

Hyaluronic Acid is commonly found in the joints, the deeper layers of skin, the umbilical cord and in foetal skin.

Medical grade Hyaluronic Acid is currently used to reduce the formation of post-operative adhesions, as a viscoelastic agent in intra-ocular interventions, also as a synovial replacement fluid; and is used to promote the healing and regeneration of post-surgery scars.

The unique properties of Hyaluronic Acid make it an excellent moisturizer. Hyaluronic Acid plays an important role in tissue hydration, lubrication and cellular tasks, and is able to hold more water than any other natural substance. Its unmatched hydrating abilities result in elevated smoothness, softening and decreased wrinkles.

Hyaluronic Acid has also produced excellent results in the minimizing of dryness, itching and burning of the skin. It yields a perfect environment for the production of new cells and healing following skin peeling.

Hyaluronic Acid is a major component of the extra-cellular matrix that surrounds rapidly dividing cells. It has been shown to be an integral part in the rapid and scar-less wound healing observed in foetal and neonatal organisms. In addition to this, the cellular actions precipitated by Hyaluronic Acid are integral to the seemingly miraculous biochemistry of fetal development.

It is well documented that foetal tissues contain important quantities of Hyaluronic Acid and that decreasing Hyaluronic Acid content relates with aging and wrinkling. Therefore any practical efforts to prolong and recapture youth by revitalizing flawed tissue should include this molecule.

Within the Skin

About 15 percent of your body weight is attributed to the skin! About half of all the Hyaluronic Acid (HA) found in the body is in the skin. Young people have a lot more HA in their skin than older individuals and therefore have fewer wrinkles. As we age, we don't synthesize this fluid as much as younger people do so it is specially important to youthful looking skin to provide the skin with Hyaluronic Acid.

Today we know that Hyaluronic Acid is just as important (if not more important) than Collagen. Collagen keeps the skin firm but HA keeps the Collagen healthy. Consider Collagen as a rubber band that can stretch much longer - about 1.000.000 times longer than its original length. Keep doing that and pretty soon that rubber band will get out of shape and won't stretch anymore. This is what occurs to the Collagen in your skin if it is not nourished. Think of that rubber band being stretched in a balm of oil so that its ability to revert back to its size is helped. Then make that comparison to Hyaluronic Acid in the skin so that the Collagen is always bathed in this beneficial gel like substance - Hyaluronic Acid. Your skin can be young and smooth and elastic if it has high concentrations of Hyaluronic Acid.