Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K. And it's time for another podcast. It's secrets of a plastic

surgeon and one of my biggest secrets is collagen. This is a hot topic in the world of health and wellness,

and I'm going to teach you all about collagen supplements. This is the truth about collagen supplements.

Collagen is a buzzword in our industry,

and it is the number one ingredient in your skin. Your skin is made up of type 1 and type 3 collagen, and we are manufacturing factories for collagen. As we get older, factories slow down production, right?

Our hair gets thinner. Our muscles get wimpier. Our skin loses elasticity and structure and tone.

So we need to help the factory to manufacture more collagen. And we do that by providing the building

blocks, the collagen

peptides. So collagen's become a staple in this wellness industry with powders and supplements.

They promise everything from youthful skin to joints and, you know, really amazing hair, skin,

and nails. But does collagen actually work? Does it work to take and ingest a protein?

Does it actually make it through the bloodstream?

Today we're going to do a deep dive into how collagen functions in our body

and then talk about the real science between collagen powders, supplements,

which are most efficacious, and how you can help maintain your

production over time. Remember that collagen is the most abundant protein in the extracellular

matrix of the skin. This gives you most of your skin structure and foundation. It's responsible for a smooth, youthful, luminescent

appearance of the skin. There are hundreds of collagen powders and supplements on the market

and even vegan supplements, which really don't contain collagen, but instead are composed of

building blocks that make up collagen like the bare bones,

amino acids, peptides, and vitamin C. So let's dive into what's the truth. Do collagen supplements

work? They do work, but you really need to read your labels. You need to be buying

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