Mar 06, 2025

Why Collagen Serums Are a Must-Have in Your Skincare Routine

Collagen is the primary structural protein in the skin, giving the skin firmness, hydration, and volume. As collagen declines with age, we can do things to promote more collagen production. One of the ways to stimulate collagen is with collagen serum in your skincare routine.

Today’s article will dive into collagen face serum (or collagen peptides serum, why you need it, and the best options from NassifMD® facial plastic surgeon skincare. We’ll explore:

The purpose of collagen
Collagen serum benefits
How collagen serum works
The best collagen serum (or serums) to add to your daily routine

Don’t wait for collagen levels to decline before supporting collagen with NassifMD® Skincare serums!

What is Collagen, and Why Does it Matter?

Collagen is a group of proteins (including 28 distinct proteins) made by the body. Collagen forms the body’s structural matrix, which is the glue outside of cells that connects and holds everything together. It’s a primary protein found in the skin, giving skin its structure, fullness, elasticity, ability to hold on to water, and youthful appearance.

Collagen levels peak in your 20s and decline from there. Older skin produces far less collagen than younger skin. This decline is a primary reason for loss of firmness and elasticity and the rise of fine lines, wrinkles, crepey skin, dryness, and other visible signs of skin aging.

When the goal is to slow skin aging and improve appearance, collagen must be a central focus. The approach is twofold: slow collagen decline and provide the building blocks to produce new collagen. Collagen serums for the face can help.

Benefits of Collagen Serums

Collagen serums target active ingredients to the skin where they are needed to promote collagen production. We’ll get to how they work in a moment, but first, let’s look at the collagen serum benefits:

Improve firmness and elasticity – Collagen gives the skin structure, allowing it to fill in and bounce back into place. Oral collagen supplementation supports collagen and elastin production. Elastin is the protein that allows the skin to stretch and move. This benefit translates to fewer fine lines and wrinkles.
Improve skin hydration – Collagen holds onto water. Without enough collagen, the skin becomes dehydrated and is more prone to water loss through the epidermis (outer layer). Improving collagen can enhance skin hydration. This benefit translates to plumper skin.
Improve skin texture – More collagen and better hydration means smoother skin, more plumpness, and less roughness.
Improve skin tone – More collagen means brighter, more even skin tone. It’s the radiant glow you desire.
Improve skin repair – Collagen is needed for skin healing and repair, whether a skin wound, acne scar, or other skin damage. Promoting collagen production with serums may aid in skin healing.

Overall, collagen serums offer multiple anti-aging benefits by targeting collagen itself!

How Collagen Serums Work

Collagen serums contain active ingredients, such as vitamin C, retinol, and skincare peptides, that encourage the skin to increase collagen production or slow collagen breakdown.

Vitamin C is a cofactor for collagen production. Without enough vitamin C in the skin, the skin becomes limited in its ability to make new collagen. Applying vitamin C topically through a serum replaces used vitamin C and concentrates it where it’s needed to protect the skin and aid in producing collagen.

Retinol is an active vitamin A molecule with many functions in the skin. One key role is the ability to promote collagen production while simultaneously blocking collagen breakdown. This action is a key reason topical retinol serums are effective against fine lines and wrinkles. These serums may even be called anti-wrinkle serums.

Skincare peptides can also target collagen production. Peptides are small chains of amino acids. You can consider them small proteins. A specific type of skincare peptides, called signal peptides, are natural growth factors. They signal skin cells to produce structural proteins, including collagen and elastin.

Serums nourish the skin and deliver concentrated ingredients where they are needed. Let’s also mention the use of collagen supplements and dietary sources of collagen, which contribute to collagen production by providing the physical amino acid building blocks for collagen protein.

How to Add Collagen Serums to Your Routine

One of the most common questions is: How should I use collagen?

First, add NassifMD® Collagen Gummies to your supplement routine. This supplement ensures you have the daily collagen dose to support collagen throughout the body and in the skin.

Second, use collagen serums every day. You can apply collagen-promoting serums in your morning and evening skincare routine. And you don’t need to limit yourself to only one serum, layer multiple serums for added benefits. Each NassifMD® facial serum contains a synergy of targeted active ingredients for specific skin concerns.

Here are the best collagen serums for promoting collagen production in the skin:

NassifMD® Pro Peptide Collagen Serum contains skincare peptides in a lipopeptide complex and other synergistic ingredients, including beta-glucan and hyaluronic acid, to support collagen health and hydration. Are you ready for plump, firm, and smooth skin? This serum is a must-have!
NassifMD® Hydro-Screen is our best-selling anti-aging serum. It promotes collagen production with two types of retinols, along with antioxidants and hyaluronic acid, for skin hydration and protection.
NassifMD® Radiance Brightening Booster Vitamin C Serum provides concentrated vitamin C in a 10% formula to support collagen production in the skin. It also helps brighten, firm, and smooth the skin, while protecting it from sun damage.
NassifMD® Hydro-Gel is a collagen complex dual serum containing Hy-retin, retinol bound to hyaluronic acid for a highly effective and non-irritating formula. It’s an oil-free, gel-based serum that mattifies, brightens, and exfoliates.
NassifMD® Even, Correct & Renew Retexturizing Pads aren’t exactly a serum, but they act like one and are another way to get the benefits of Hy-retin for collagen production. Use the pads after cleansing, but don’t rinse off. Follow with your collagen-promoting serums.
NassifMD® Undereye Anti-Aging Smoother targets skincare peptides to the delicate eye area to help restore collagen production. The results are improved firmness, smoothness, hydration, and wrinkles.

The best collagen serum for your face is the one (or more) you enjoy using and work for your skin type and goals. You can’t go wrong with any of these products.

Who Can Benefit from Collagen Serums?

Everyone can benefit from using collagen serums. There’s no need to wait until collagen loss shows up on your face as fine lines, wrinkles, and skin aging. Get ahead of collagen loss by incorporating collagen serums into your routine now.

If you want younger-looking and healthier skin, you must support the skin’s ability to produce new collagen. NassifMD® collagen serums target active ingredients to the areas where you want to build collagen. When you support collagen, you notice firmer, plumper, smoother, and more radiant skin.

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