It is a fact; nine out of ten of the new skin care products that hit the market every day, claim that one way or another they will make your skin's collagen increase. The question is: Is there any truth in their claim or is it just marketing ploy, promoted by the skin care manufacturers to trick us into buying their products

To answer this question, let us first consider what collagen is and why it is important for our skin.

Without getting into any scientific jargon which would probably confuse you, it is sufficient to say that collagen is a type of protein produced by our bodies. What is important about it is that it is very essential for the health and condition of our skin. You can imagine it as being the glue which holds our skin together and makes it look firm and supple.

When we are young, we don't have to worry about our appearance. Our body is able to produce collagen in abundance, thus making our skin have that radiant tone and smooth texture that we all long to have.

When we hit our thirties and beyond, however, collagen production gets less and less. We all know the result. Our skin begins to sag, wrinkles start to form and our complexion becomes dull.

Having said that, it is obvious to conclude that collagen increase is the closest to the so called fountain of youth. The key to slow down, or better yet, to reverse the aging process is to find a way to increase the amount of collagen underneath our skin.

Now we come to the point where you need to be extra careful.

There are products out there, some of them high profile and quite expensive I must add, which list collagen as one of their ingredients. What they claim is simple: Just rub the cream on your face and the collagen will penetrate your skin to reach the underlying layers. In this way, your body's own stock of the protein will be replenished.

Let me be quite blunt about this; this claim is an outright lie. The collagen molecules are bigger than the pores of the skin, so there is no way that they could be absorbed into the skin. So, in essence, you spend your precious money for something that is totally useless in the end!

What you should be looking out for instead, are creams which contain a collagen stimulant. What this means is that there are creams in the market that have the necessary ingredients which, once they are absorbed into the skin, will stimulate it into producing more collagen itself.

One of these ingredients that I would like to talk to you about is called Cynergy TK. This is pioneered by a company in New Zealand and is quite new. You probably have never heard of it before, simply because as I said it's brand new and it is mainly distributed through the internet, to keep its costs down.

Its effectiveness has been clinically proven on human volunteers beyond a shadow of a doubt. The results of the tests showed marked collagen increase, creation of new skin cells and dramatic improvements in skin hydration and elasticity.

I can personally testify that this stuff is absolutely amazing. I have been using it for quite a while now and honestly I can't believe how smooth and radiant my skin has become!

On my website I present some more fascinating ingredients that are proven to work wonders for your skin, as well as the products I personally use and recommend.