Hyaluronic acid is a natural lubricant found in the body, concentrated in the skin, eyes, and joints. Aging reduces the body’s ability to produce it, causing joint stiffness, dry eyes, and wrinkles. It serves multiple functions, including protecting and cushioning bones, connective tissues, and skin.
Liquid Hyaluronic Acid is a naturally produced lubricant found throughout the body. It is particularly concentrated in the skin, in the vitreous humor of the eye, and in the synovial joint fluid. Hyaluronic acid liquid is found commercially as an anti-aging ingredient in skin creams, as a supplement in drop form, and in medications used to treat arthritic conditions, glaucoma, dry eyes, and other medical disorders. It is available as an oral liquid supplement, as a massage or cream that is applied to the skin, or as a serum that can be added to water and absorbed, also through the skin. These three ways of administering hyaluronic acid fluid mimic the body’s natural methods.
Although hyaluronic acid is abundant in younger people, the aging process affects the body’s ability to produce sufficient amounts. Hyaluronic acid breaks down and is eliminated from the body in just a day or two, and aging bodies have less ability to continuously manufacture enough to replace what is lost. This is one of the reasons why joints stiffen, eyes become uncomfortably dry, and skin wrinkles with age.
Hyaluronic acid is also called hyaluronate or hyaluronan, and it is a carbohydrate. When it binds with water, it takes on a gel-like form that lubricates the viscous membranes found in the eyes, bones, and muscles, allowing for greater comfort, smoother movement, and increased joint cushioning. Hyaluronic acid, a polymer, is available in a variety of molecular weights, but natural hyaluronic acid has a relatively high molecular weight.
Hyaluronic acid serves the body in multiple ways. Hyaluronic acid is present in hyaline cartilage, whose job is to protect and cushion long bones where they articulate. Synovial fluid is secreted by the synovial membrane that encapsulates articulating bones to aid in smooth movement by absorbing shock, delivering nutrients from cartilage, and removing waste.
Another important function of hyaluronic acid is its service to connective tissues, specifically ligaments and tendons, where it protects the living cells of the tissue. In the eyes, hyaluronic acid liquid is found in high concentrations, where it provides nutrients and protects against shock. It is also found in gum tissue, where it helps to secure teeth, offers hydration and nutrients.
Half of the hyaluronic acid fluid found in the human body is found in the subdural and epidermal layers of the skin, providing moisture through its incredible ability to bind water, up to a thousand times its own weight. It also feeds the collagen in the skin. Wrinkles are the result of the aging body’s inability to replenish hyaluronic acid in the skin, resulting in the inability of collagen to “recover” and maintain a smooth, wrinkle-free surface.
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