What Is the Best Collagen for Your Skin?

Through your reading on beauty sites and blogs, you have probably realised that there is more than one type of collagen. You read about bovine or marine collagen, hydrolysed collagen, or even organic marine collagen.

After enough reading, it becomes difficult to know what is truly best for the health of your skin and hair.

So before you reach for the first collagen peptide supplement that comes your way, discover which collagen is genuinely the best. You will then be able to choose your collagen for skin, hair, and nails with full confidence!

The 3 Types of Collagen

If there were only one type of collagen, everything would be much simpler! But several products can provide your skin with the amino acids and collagen peptides it needs to stay beautiful inside and out.

Bovine collagen

This type of collagen is derived from the skin of cattle. It was once used in aesthetic medicine for injections, but that is no longer the case. It is used to plump lips or fill wrinkles — more effective than a simple hyaluronic acid cream! However, this type of collagen has one major drawback: our body absorbs it. Injections therefore need to be repeated approximately every 3 months.

Marine collagen

This type of collagen is extracted from fish and shrimp residues by some brands; others use fish scales or cartilage. Very few laboratories use fish skin — yet this is the purest and finest form of collagen. If you use an anti-wrinkle product, it almost certainly contains marine collagen. Its structure more closely resembles our own collagen, and it remains in the body longer!

Type II collagen, derived from poultry and rooster combs

This type of collagen is obtained from chicken sternum. You will find it mainly in certain dietary supplements. It often comes from China. Recently, some laboratories have been attempting to produce it from bovine or marine sources.

What is the best collagen for skin that is beautiful from the inside?

Collagen makes up approximately 80% of the dermis. For the inside health and beauty of the skin, it is therefore essential to strengthen and redensify this collagen. The skin will show greater resistance and better hydration.

By supplementing your body with collagen, you allow the collagen matrix to reinforce itself more effectively and, through this effect, retain hyaluronic acid. This represents a long-term repair process.

For the skin, it is necessary to take a drinkable marine collagen dosed at 10 g. So the best collagen for the skin is marine collagen? Exactly! This is due to its great similarity with the human body's matrix.

Our advice:

To be sure you are using the best marine collagen, make sure it is natural, hydrolysed, and ideally validated by clinical studies. Psst! You know what? That is exactly the case with our Collagen Vital range!

What is the best collagen for skin that is beautiful on the outside?

Following the same logic as what was said above for the inside, the best collagen for the outside beauty of your skin remains hydrolysed collagen. In terms of products, we recommend serums and creams based on collagen. You will find this type of product in our Covéline range. Our marine collagen smooths the skin for a strikingly immediate effect. Bear in mind that no cosmetic product (applied to the skin's surface) can guarantee long-term effects — cosmetics have a limited duration. And that applies to any type of product. However, those containing collagen will have more effect than others.

Dermo-cosmetics like Covéline use biotechnology and the natural properties of plants and marine organisms to preserve the beauty of your skin. Thanks to the synergy between plant molecules and marine collagen, the active ingredients penetrate more deeply into the skin than a traditional cosmetic.

Since collagen production decreases with age, it is important to use quality supplements to maintain the health and beauty of your skin. We recommend combining drinkable collagen supplements to work on your dermis with collagen serums and creams to enhance your epidermis. Note that Collagen Vital Beauté from the Collagen Vital range contains hyaluronic acid, providing a comprehensive beauty response for your skin.

Our Collagen Vital Beauty works on the skin from the inside for visible results on the outside, working in perfect harmony with our Covéline collagen products. They penetrate the skin more easily, for improved hydration and greater regeneration.

Bonus: if you are considering a collagen course, everything you need to know is already covered in this article!