La Kappa-Elastine

Elastin

Your skin is composed of:

• The Epidermis: protects the skin against external aggressions.
• The Dermis: its essential function is to support and nourish the tissues.
• The Hypodermis: is the deepest layer of the skin – this is a conjunctive tissue.

Elastin is one of the main components of conjunctive tissue.

Elastin is a fibrous protein or polymeric formed from spiral filaments, identical to a rubber spring/coil.

Made from polypeptide chains, it can stretch and spring back to its original form (rebound effect).

How do wrinkles appear?

The biosynthesis of Elastin starts to take place in the embryonic form and continues during puberty. As you get older, the elastic fibers break up and Elastin becomes damaged.

The skin progressively loses its elasticity and wrinkles appear.

Damage is inevitable over time and this is part of the ageing process.

Elastin: the rubber of the organism

Professor Robert Ladislas, in numerous publications, has defined Elastin as the ‘rubber of the organism’.

It is this protein which gives the skin its indispensable elasticity and tone.

Kappa-Elastin: the only soluble Elastin

As fibrous Elastin is insoluble, it has to be split up to make it soluble.

The structure and texture must also be respected to retain the rubber effect (as in the desmosine) and the elastic properties of your skin.

Researchers at CNRS have led a number of scientific studies to obtain a molecule of Elastin specifically for dermo-cosmetic use.

This is Kappa-Elastin (Elastine Soluble Lyophilisée 10-70 or Soluble Peptides of Elastin 10-70) * It is the only soluble Elastin which penetrates deeply into the different layers of the skin. * It has identical properties to our own physiological Elastin.