rp (hypophthalmichthys molitrix), commonly known as the Balkan carp. This fish is also a provider of valuable amino acids and polypeptides, a source of high quality fish liver oil, and a valuable source of enzymes and antiseptic solutions. It is also perfectly suited as a rejuvenating gel for the skin because of its resistance to heat and UVB degradation.

The Balkan silver carp is relatively easy to breed and raise, and can withstand severe differences in water temperature, especially high temperatures. These high temperatures encourage the formation of high quality collagen. Past experience has shown that to obtain collagen of equal quality from fish such as salmon or the common European carp, the collagen would have to be strengthened by artificially adding enzyme promoters and transglutaminase to improve its skeletal network.

Although the farming of the silver carp is expensive, it is worthwhile because of the high quality of collagen produced. Specifically, its resistance to high temperatures (up to 79ºF) is highly desirable and helps lengthen its shelf life. The storage properties of collagen depend to a very large extent upon the living conditions of the source fish, so things such as fish feed, water quality, and farm location are important factors in obtaining high quality raw materials.

Similar skin care products derived from freshwater fish are sensitive to degradation at room temperatures (70°F to 79°F) rendering them useless. Exposure to high temperatures irreversibly changes the structure of their collagen, resulting in reduction or negation of its effectiveness as the triple helix structure is destroyed. This temperature-induced degeneration has damaged the reputation of collagen in the past, and has contributed to the non-acceptance of collagen based products in the skin care and cosmetic industry. When despiralization occurs, collagen loses its biological dynamism and the ability to join twin particles in the skin. Collagen gel slowly becomes denatured, decoagulates, and ceases to be a skin rejuvenator, becoming an ordinary moisturizing gel instead.

A product with observable skin repairing qualities should be produced from a protein with a tropocollagen molecular mass significantly higher than 310,000, which is the feature of collagen found in human skin tissue [G. Reich, 1970].

Genuine Collagen is obtained with a molecular mass of 250,000–310,000, which enables it to enter the skin and start building into the tissues in a time much shorter than it takes to despiralize and lose its triple helix structure. The temperature of the human body (about 98°F) despiralizes collagen from an easily absorbable gel after only 50-55 minutes.

No other collagen product in the world has been sanctioned by biochemistry, biotechnology, and medicine specialists with regard to the issue of despiralization.
In order to better understand the revolution in cosmetology that Genuine Collagen represents, one must consider that Collagen and elastin are skin-supporting proteins that ensure skin tone, moisture, elasticity, and firmness.  From the age of 25, human skin starts slowly to lose these features, just as muscles lose strength and bones lose calcium. All of these signs of getting older are the result of a dissolvable collagen deficit, as biosynthesis weakens with the passage of time. After 30, degeneration of sebaceous and sudoriferous glands, progressive skin dryness, and flabbing may be observed. Wrinkles start appearing. The reason for these changes is the weakening of elastin and collagen fibers. Free radicals, toxins, and an enzyme called collagenase destroy protein fibers, and the level of microelements and vitamins that stimulate the natural production of collagen in the organism decreases. Collagen reproduction within the body still continues, but the older the body gets, the more rapidly the process of degradation occurs in relation to the process of synthesis (particularly synthesis of dissolvable collagen, which makes the skin elastic by bonding with water).

Genuine Collagen is a water-based solution of collagen and elastin, with an additive of ethyl-, methyl-, propylparaben, a natural preservative (cranberry extract), and lactic acid. The fact that the manufacturer decided not to use any coloring and fragrance is an effort to protect the triple helix. Lactic acid does not endanger fiber spatial structure, but by acting keratolically accelerates epidermis exfoliation and spot brightening.

By loosening comeocytes, it allows the fish fibryles, hidden in Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acid particles, to reach twin fibers in the skin before the body’s temperature can endanger the spiral structure.

Genuine Collagen has always been produced in sterile conditions – comparable to those in laboratories – by qualified chemists. The water used in the production process undergoes hyperfiltration by reverse osmosis, while the vessels and tools undergo sterilization. Preparations are placed in glass containers with a batcher mechanism and are protected against overheating by special isolation of the package. All this is done with one purpose in mind: to protect the collagen's spatial structure, a crucial factor with regard to its effectiveness.

The absorbable gel offered by Collagen USA creates a protein net after entering the skin that builds a “scaffolding” for new collagen produced by fibroblasts. This net binds water and lipofils. Research on human skin tissues have confirmed an increased production of collagen by fibroblasts, epidermis thickening, and an increase in the amount of mucin and sluice substances in the papillary layer of skin.

The abilities of this product to be absorbed can shock clinicians. Thirty minutes after application on the skin, collagen starts entering the skin cells. About 48 hours later, one can measure a significant increase in the level of hydroxyproline around chondrocytes producing collagen in the bones.

These are objective test results, obtained in various centers, corroborating each other’s findings. Genuine Collagen has also received a very positive response in beauty salons and biological regeneration centers, but above all in the response from ordinary consumers.