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Blue Copper 5
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Copper has been used extensively for wound care. It’s healing and anti-aging benefits are clinically validated and well established. In 1998, OSMOTICS was the first to introduce Blue Copper Firming Elasticity Repair; featuring a double-chain copper peptide molecule. Now, OSMOTICS, the leader in cosmeceutical skin care, has the next generation of copper, Blue Copper 5. Low molecular weight peptides provide a delivery system for copper to penetrate and be absorbed by the skin. Earlier copper products were based on a double-chain peptide. Osmotics now introduces the first Penta-Peptide (five chain) molecule that increases and maximizes the absorption and effectiveness of copper. This new technology, combining the Penta-Peptide molecule with copper, delivers unparalleled results.
What does copper do for the skin?
Skin needs both vitamins and minerals to maintain its youthful health and beauty. Just as Vitamin C is one of the most important vitamins for the skin, copper is one of its most important minerals and is involved in several key functions of the skin:
· Stimulates dermal collagen
Aging skin is associated with a loss of collagen. Copper stimulates dermal collagen production in numerous human studies conducted under clinical review conditions.
· Improvement in skin elasticity
An added important function of the ECM (Extra Cellular Matrix) components is to maintain the skin’s elasticity, which is determined largely by the quantity and quality of the dermal collagen and GAGs.
· Enhanced dermal hydration
The overall health of the dermis is essential to the maintenance of soft, supple, youthful skin. There are numerous aging processes involved in dermal deterioration. In addition to the well-documented role of collagen, other dermal components in the skin’s Extracellular Matrix (ECM) also are improved with copper peptide complexes. These components include tissue structures that are responsible for maintaining the water content or hydration of the dermis (known as glycosaminoglycans or GAGs). Treatment with copper provides for the skin’s natural increase in these vital dermal components.
· Augmented Bioenergetic function
Of all the essential micronutrients in the body, copper is the most important for the ability of the cellular machinery to utilize the naturally derived biochemical energy from nutrients in the body’s blood supply. Biochemical energy “stores” in the body, especially those found in growing tissues such as rejuvenating skin, are, absolutely, dependent of the absorption of copper into the tissues.
· Combats free radical, oxidative damage