Collagen & Amino Acids STUDY

Meiji Seika Health and Bioscience Institute

Professor Takahashi

We asked women in their 20s to 50s to try out Amino Collagen.

Skin problems such as "dryness", "reduction in tautness or bounce", and "dullness" can occur at any age. To what extent can Collagen and Amino Acids, taken continuously, change all these? Meiji Seika Health and Bioscience Institute conducted a survey, under Professor Takahashi's instructions and collaboration, and analyzed the subjects' skin condition after 6 weeks.

Subjects:
25 women in their 20s to 50s

Conditions:
Take 1 spoonful (attached spoon) of Amino Collagen once a day, and continue the usual skincare regimen for 6 weeks.

Measurement items:
Moisture content of the skin (face, upper arm and the back)
sebum volume of the skin (face)

            - Flexibility/suppleness
            - Resilience/elasticity
            - pH (acidity)

Image diagnosis of the surface of the skin (face):

            Unevenness/irregularity
            - Nnumber and width of wrinkles
            - Roughness of skin

Measurement devices

Corneometer
    - Sebumeter SM810, PH900
    - Cutometer SEM575
    - Microscopic three-dimensional skin surface analyzer Visioscan
    (all by Courage + Khazaka Electronic GmbH

	High moisture content = Represents: Youthful skin, Moisturized skin = The moisture content in the upper arm improved from dry (35-50) to sufficiently moist (>50). The moisture content in the face increased for 72% of the subjects. [Subjects: 25 women from their 20s to 50s]
	High suppleness = Represents: Supple skin, Resilient skin The rate of recovery of skin after pulling. The biological age of skin is calculated based on suppleness. The age of the skin improved by around four, from 37.5 to 34. The values increased for 76% of the subjects. [Subjects: 25 women from their 20s to 50s]
	An indicator of the number and width of the wrinkles on the skin. The higher the number, the more wrinkles and the wider they are. The number decreased for 76% of the subjects. [Subjects: 25 women from their 20s to 50s]
	The numeric is calculated based on the brightness and darkness in a microscopic image of the surface of the skin. The higher the number, the coarser (rougher) the skin. The lower the number, the smoother (more radiant) the skin. The numeric dropped for 72% of the subjects. [Subjects: 25 women from their 20s to 50s]