Ingredient Corner – Renovage™

11.6.09 | 9:07 am

Telomeres – What can be done?

So now we know that telomeres are the cell’s biological clock regulating how fast we age. They are found in both the epidermis and dermis and shorten every time the cell divides. Cells are only able to divide a limited number of times before they die. Sounds pretty dire. We thought we were supposed to promote cell turnover to stay young. So what do we do? We know we can’t lengthen telomeres, but can we just stop them from shortening? Renovage™ from Sederma claims to do just that. Renovage™ is the ingredient, Teprenone, which stabilizes telomere shortening increasing cell life by 1/3. That’s a lot of years in the life of a cell. And if slowing down our cells’ biological clock wasn’t enough, Renovage™ firms, hydrates, plumps and reduces wrinkles, sun spots, redness and pore size.

Ask an Account Executive today how you can incorporate Renovage™ into your next anti-age product.

Tags: anti-age, dermis, epidermis, Renovage, Sederma, telomere, Teprenone