Skin Aging: Mitochondria Damage and Cellular Energy Reduction

Aging skin cells suffer from metabolic imbalances and deterioration in cellular energy production that could prevent them from performing youthful repair functions. Oxygen depletion is one of the things that happen to older skin, regardless of whether it’s been affected by sun damage or any other health-related factor. Why or how that happens is completely unknown, though it is thought to have something to do with blood flow and a reduction in lung capacity as we age. It is also believed that, with age, the issue isn’t so much the amount of oxygen but rather a change in the blood’s ability to use the oxygen it has.

Many cosmetic products contain antioxidants, ingredients that reduce the negative effect of oxygen or oxidative substances on skin. At the same time, the cosmetics industry also sells products that contain hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) or other oxygen-releasing ingredients, which supposedly deliver an oxygen molecule when they come in contact with skin, although that generates free-radical damage.

RNA was found to improve cellular energy through a “salvage pathway” and the ability of the skin’s cells to use oxygen. This improved metabolism enhances the movement of young cells to the surface of the skin where they replace old cells. (for other anti-aging benefits of RNA, and commercial anti-aging topical skin care product contain RNA as the active ingredients, visit our RNA ingredient page)


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