For over 20 years, Epicuren has been the silent leader in advanced technology for professional skin care, and now they present another extraordinary treatment for you. Epicuren is the first company to introduce Pro-Collagen III, an amplifier of Collagen III, into the U.S. market.

Collagen III is the type of collagen produced by extremely youthful skin. For example, when you are 50 years old, approximately 90% of your collagen is “collagen I”, when you were 4 years old, approximately 90% of your collagen was “collagen III”. The youthful skin’s production of collagen III is the primary reason that young skin cells do not wrinkle.

Throughout the natural aging process, the method by which collagen III is produced mutates so that collagen I cells are produced by older skin cells instead of collagen III.

RECOMMENDATIONS: If you have to make a choice between products, the Pro-Collagen III is going to be the product that you start out with. It is going to be the most effective at repairing, rejuvenating and preventing wrinkles - firming the skin and promoting a youthful coloring. It is important to have a healthy balance of the different Collagen types the skin needs. And since Collagen I synthesis represents 80%, Collagen IV and type V Collagens represent 5 % of the total dermal collagen, 15% of the resources is left to make Collagen III - in an adult's skin. So in order displace this composition of Collagen types to a more youthful composition, the Collagen III synthesis must be amplified somehow. So basically when you apply the Enzyme products that boost the metabolic rate of these functions, it will just boost the synthesis of Collagen I, II, III, IV and V - in the same composition, unless the Pro-Collagen III serum is used in conjunction to provide the mechanism (that will be boosted by the Enzyme and other Epciruen products) your skin needs to produce the Collagen III molecule in larger percentages.

Basically you want the skin to produce Collagen and Elastin, but you also want it to make as much Collagen III before it spends it's time and resources on the other forms of Collagen, because Collagen III is going to make your skin appear the youngest and repair wrinkles better than the other forms. By adding the other Epicuren products , you are going to get better results; firming, less wrinkling, better skin tone etc. - than if you used the Pro-Collagen III product alone. But if you have to choose one product, you are going to get better results using the Pro-Collagen III than you would with any other "one" product.

WHAT DOES PRO-COLLAGEN III DO? Very simply, Pro-Collagen III selectively synthesizes the biosynthesis of Collagen III in human skin (the actual production of collagen III). Because of our scientific ability to chart and map genes, the active ingredient Pro-Collagen III was born. Epicuren's Advanced Enzyme Technology creates the most successful delivery system available for this topical treatment. The phenomenal results are typically visible within 48 hours.

Pro-Collagen III also works without the irritation and photosensitization (sun sensitivity) commonly associated with alpha hydroxy acids, Retin-A, and retinol, which are the most prevalent anti-aging ingredients on the market today. This makes Gen III truly a revolutionary ingredient because it provides extraordinary anti-aging effects without the threat of irritation.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

For some time now, anti-aging concepts have been orientated towards protection against "external factors" which could prematurely age the skin (free-radicals, moisture loss, UV radiation). The antioxidant + serum ALPHA LIPOIC OMEGA fights free-radicals, MICRONIZED ZINC OXIDE SUNSCREEN protects against the effects of UV radiation.

The development of all living organisms is characterized by several stages. After embryogenesis and growth, the mammalian body reaches the adult state (maturity) before a process of aging starts. This process is generally considered a consequence of impairment due to a slow process of lessening functionality. This is due partly to less availablity to nutrients and the inefficiency of the body to replace lost nutrients, causing more inefficiencies. The next aim of dermatologic cosmetology was to restore the metabolism by nutritive substitution (amino acids, sugars, vitamins,....), then to compensate losses of material by constitutive contribution (collagen, elastin, essential fatty acids, natural moisturizing factors). Scientists at Epicuren first developed a compensation method for loss of nutrients and metabolic impairment with the introduction of the ENZYME VITAMIN-MINERAL-PROTEIN COMPLEX, which Epicuren adapted into the Enzyme line of products.

More recently, scientists have discovered other endogenous causes for aging, which are due to biologically inherent factors and mechanisms, as well as other nutritive losses. Collagen III synthesis shows a significant decrease during the aging process (quantitative impairment - loss of elasticity - loss of ability to repair skin so as to prevent and repair wrinkling).

Collagen III synthesis shows a significant decrease during the aging process (quantitative impairment - loss of elasticity - loss of ability to repair skin so as to prevent and repair wrinkling). Moreover, the ratio of collagen types changes throughout life (qualitative alteration - the Collagen III that performs those functions gets replaced by other forms of collagen synthesis that perform different functions). Age related changes in the ratio of type I and III collagens have been the subject of several studies.

Epicuren's Pro-Collagen III contains new active ingredients that amplify synthesis of Collagen III. These ingredients intervene on the aging process, by modulating or selectively stimulating the dormant Collagen III synthesizing functions by introducing the proper nutrients.

*    The purpose of topical Pro-Collagen III is to selectively amplify the biosynthesis of Collagen III in human skin.

*    Pro-Collagen III is a suspension of phospholipidic vesicular carriers, in which the external lipophilic wall contains the amphiphilic hydroxyproline dipalmitate.

*    Pro-Collagen III is a carrier liposome with hydroxyproline molecules on its surface acting as triggers to induce the modulation of cellular pheno-types. Among the observed changes, the increase of Collagen III synthesis is the most significant phenomenon.

INGREDIENTS: Allantoin, Sorbitol, Demineralized Water, Carbomer, Oxynex K (Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Ascorbic Acid, Citric Acid), Lecithin, Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyproline, Tall Oil Sterol, Linoleic Acid, Tocopherol, Sodium Ascorbate, Grapefruit Seed Extract, Rosemary Extract, Cinnamon Extract, Bearberry Extract, Mannitol.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE:To clean skin, apply evenly to all areas for which effect is desired.