After a woman reaches a certain age, her forehead lines, crow’s feet, nasolabial lines, and even lip lines have covered her face. She is still very worried about the breeding of wrinkles every day. In order to cover up the breeding wrinkles, she began to apply a thick foundation, but deep wrinkles can be clearly distinguished even after applying foundation. Wrinkles are the product of time, and they are also a “global” problem that women have been plagued by. Wrinkles that are easy to breed but difficult to remove greatly destroy the overall beauty of the appearance. So, what is the magical power that makes those well-known cosmetics companies or brands solve this worldwide problem? The answer is Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, which is also Argireline we often talk about.
Causes of wrinkles
There are many reasons for wrinkles. The first wrinkles are expression lines. We often think that wrinkles are related to age. But we also found that some teenagers have forehead wrinkles and eye wrinkles. Such wrinkles do not appear because of age. They are caused by the long-term and frequent contraction of our facial muscles.
Scientists have discovered some causes of wrinkles on the face: aging and photoaging: one of the most recently discovered important causes is the activity of facial muscles. We use different expressions to reflect our emotions every day: anger, happiness, surprise, concentration, etc.
These expression lines are due to the repeated movement of the muscles under the skin. Every physiological stimulus will cause them to contract and cause wrinkles in the skin. Some observations have proved this: repeated facial movements more than 15,000 times a day will cause the lower muscles to contract continuously, which is one of the main causes of wrinkles. For example, wrinkles on the forehead are due to muscle contraction in the forehead. The wrinkles on the nasal side are due to the levator muscles of the upper lip. The crow’s feet at the corners of the eyes are due to the circular muscles of the eyes.
What is Acetyl hexapeptide-8?
Acetyl hexapeptide-8 (Argireline), it is a kind of botulinum toxin component. It has all the functions of botulinum toxin, without any toxicity, and is a non-toxic substance. The main ingredient is composed of six amino acids permutation and combination. Although often compared with Botox, their mechanism is completely different. The hexapeptide can intercept the signal of muscle contraction, reduce the force of muscle contraction, and then improve the depth and length of fine lines. It has replaced botulinum toxin as the eye-catching new favorite of beauty.
It has the similar ability to inhibit nerve conduction substances, block the conduction function between nerves and muscles, avoid excessive muscle contraction, and prevent the formation of fine lines. Acetyl hexapeptide-8 can reduce the strength that can slow down muscle contraction, relax the muscles, reduce the occurrence of dynamic lines and eliminate fine lines. It can also effectively reorganize collagen elasticity, increase the activity of elastin, relax facial lines, smooth wrinkles and improve relaxation. It can be used in cosmetics as an anti-wrinkle ingredient with excellent effects.
Acetyl hexapeptide-8 Argireline is a neurotransmitter-inhibiting peptide. It is a core ingredient used in top cosmetics currently on the market. It is a biologically active peptide with a chemical formula of C34H60N14O12S and a white powder in appearance.
The difference between Acetyl hexapeptide-8 and botulinum toxin
In 1986, a Canadian doctor named Joan Carasso accidentally discovered that botulinum toxin (BoTox), a drug used to paralyze muscles and nerves, can make the wrinkles of the patient’s eyes disappear. Since then triggered the BoTox revolution. Injecting botulinum toxin has also become a popular micro-surgery method in the past decade. Although botulinum toxin injection has a significant effect, it will bring edema and pain to people who love beauty, as well as unpredictable risks. The terrible consequences of injecting botulinum toxin are all true. This problem was solved after scientists developed Acetyl hexapeptide-8.
The effect of Acetyl hexapeptide-8 powder on the skin
Antioxidant effect
Hexapeptide can be said to be a substance that can effectively soothe and inhibit forehead wrinkles, crow’s feet, and wrinkles in surrounding muscles. It can reduce the contraction of facial muscles by inhibiting the release of neurotransmitters, and can also regulate and reduce expression lines, thereby playing a good anti-oxidant and anti-wrinkle effect.
Promote protein regeneration
Hexapeptide has the effect of promoting collagen synthesis, reducing skin tension lines and making the skin firmer, smoother and more delicate.
Anti-aging
The hexapeptide products can penetrate deep into the skin and have an anti-wrinkle effect. For some false wrinkles that have not yet formed, it can also be eliminated in time, and mature wrinkles that have been formed will gradually slow down or be eliminated. While anti-wrinkle, it can also strengthen the skin’s self-protection ability.
Safe and non-toxic side effects
Peptides that reduce various expression lines by inhibiting excessive muscle contraction. It will only be metabolized on the surface of the skin and will not enter the body’s circulation. Because the added amount is very low, generally PPM level, safe and non-toxic side effects, people regard it as a substitute for botulinum.
The hexapeptide can bring more benefits to people. It can reduce muscle contraction, thereby reducing the appearance of wrinkles and expression lines. However, it is not recommended for young people in their 20s. It is generally recommended that this product is suitable for people over 35 years old. It is especially suitable for aging skin.
