elastin

Then he went fishing for genes and found one - right next to elastin.

Generally speaking, some people don't seem to have as much elastin in their skin.

But as a general rule, the levels of collagen and elastin dropped with age.

As with collagen, elastin is affected by time and the elements.

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In glaucoma patients, the elastin looks like it has been stretched too many times, he said.

The Army is interested in using elastin to repair wounded internal organs.

The research team will also go fishing for other genes on chromosome 7, further down the line from elastin.

They believe it may accelerate the natural aging process of collagen and elastin.

Elastin helps skin to return to its original position when it is poked or pinched.

Smoking damages the elastin that helps keep facial skin flexible.

That's because over time, the sun's ultraviolet light damages the fibers in the skin called elastin.

The older you get, the less efficient collagen and elastin fibres become.

Poking out from the web of collagen and elastin are hair shafts.

Elastin is what is known as a matrix protein.

"The sun also generates free radicals that break down your collagen and elastin fibers."

The pigments can also be incorporated into collagen and elastin fibers.

As a result, the fibroblasts, the cells which produce elastin and collagen, slow down.

Collagen and elastin in creams can bolster your skin's natural supplies.

The amount of elastin fiber determines how much extensibility and resilience it will have.

Elastin, as the name suggests, is responsible for giving your skin its bounciness or elasticity.

Deeper in the skin, collagen and elastin break down, which weakens the skin's support structure.

Breast skin retains a youthful appearance through the contribution of a protein called elastin.

The main structural proteins are collagen and elastin.

Elastin is a component of the human skin which lets it stretch without being deformed permanently.