The collagen revolution: Protecting & boosting the collaverse, the collagen ecosystem
May 2025
Although consumers understand that collagen is necessary for youthful skin, many are unaware that our body contains a complex ecosystem of 28 interconnected types of collagen, the Collaverse. Ashland's recent innovations, collapeptyl and blumilight biofunctionals - through cutting- edge peptide science and white biotechnology - represent two complementary approaches for 20 collagen chains boost and photoprotection.
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