Dr Loren Pickart discusses

how several changes in

skin condition caused by

human ageing and

photodamage can be

reversed with the use of copper peptides, and

provides some guidance

on their safe application

Reversing

skin ageing

with copper

peptides

The Ancients wrote that copper was the metal of healing and of love. They may have been right on both counts. Increased nutritional copper may increase the production of estrogens and testosterone (hence ‘love’), since it raises levels of DHEA: however, it is the healing aspects that concern us here.

During human ageing, skin becomes thinner and accumulates lesions and imperfections. The structural proteins are progressively damaged, causing collagen and elastin to lose resiliency. The skin’s water holding proteins and sugars diminish; the dermis and epidermis thin: the microcirculation becomes disorganized, and the subcutaneous fat cells diminish in number. Decades of exposure to ultraviolet rays, irritants, allergens and various environmental toxins further intensify these effects. The result is a wrinkled, dry inelastic skin populated by unsightly lesions.

The good news is that certain types of copper peptides possess biochemical ageing reversal actions and can, in a morphological sense, restore skin to a younger state. Such copper peptides are increasingly used in cosmetic skin and haircare products, and to improve post-treatment skin recovery after dermatological skin renewal procedures such as chemical peels, laser resurfacing and dermabrasion.

By ageing reversal, I do not mean the slowing of ageing, as anti-aging therapies purport to accomplish, but rather the reversion of skin to a biologically younger stage.

A human copper peptide complex – GHK-Cu forms the basis for these developments. The tripeptide, GHK, which I discovered while searching for methods to reverse human ageing, is generated by proteolysis after tissue injury.

When applied to the skin’s surface, GHK-Cu activates removal of damaged scar tissue and deposition of new tissue. GHK-Cu also possesses anti-inflammatory actions and may function in humans as a circulating non-steroidal anti-inflammatory.

Copper peptides applied to the skin, increase the thickness of the epidermis and dermis, increase skin elasticity, and reduce wrinkles. This results in a removal of skin imperfections such as blotchiness and sun damage marks, while producing a significant increase in subcutaneous fat cells. Properly used, copper can reduce visible signs of photo-damage and increase skin density of facial skin in eight weeks. To see how it’s done, talk to your skin care professional NOW!

To read a full copy of this article by Dr Pickart see the Microbuff System Archives…………………