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Are You Losing Keratin?

Are You Losing Keratin?

This Structural Protein is Critical to The Appearance of the Hair and Nails 

Here are the signs to look for and what you can do

Keratin is a protein that helps form hair, nails, and your skin’s outer layer (the epidermis). It helps support your skin, heal wounds, and keep your nails and hair healthy. This makes it really a fundamental beauty from within ingredient

Keratin deficiency is highly common and considered a normal part of the aging process, resulting in a natural decline in the quality and quantity of these critical, structural proteins. This decline contributes significantly to visible signs of aging in skin, hair, and nails.

 

Here are the key indicators that you are losing keratin:

Hair Signs (Most Common):

  • High Porosity and Frizz: Hair feels rough, absorbs moisture too fast, and frizzes constantly despite using hydrating products.
  • Brittleness and Breakage: Hair breaks easily, has split ends, and feels dry or straw-like.
  • Loss of Elasticity/Bounce: Hair lacks elasticity, feels limp, and strings out rather than holding its shape.
  • Gummy When Wet: Hair feels unnaturally soft, stretchy, or "mushy" when wet.
  • Thinning and Slow Growth: Increased shedding and slower growth, often due to damage from chemical treatments like bleaching or excessive heat styling.


Skin and Nail Signs:

  • Dull Skin: General dullness or premature aging appearance in the skin.
  • Keratin Plugs (Keratosis Pilaris): Small, rough, acne-like bumps on the upper arms, thighs, or cheeks, often referred to as "chicken skin.”


Causes of Keratin Loss:

  • Chemical Treatments: Bleaching, dying, and straightening treatments.
  • Environmental Damage: Sun exposure and pollution.
  • Nutritional Deficiency: Diets lacking necessary protein.

 


Steps to Take to increase Keratin


Dietary Changes to Boost Keratin

  • Protein-Rich Foods: Essential for keratin synthesis; consume eggs, lean meats, poultry, fish, and dairy.
  • Biotin Sources: Biotin-rich foods strengthen hair and aid production, including eggs, almonds, sweet potatoes, onions, sunflower seeds, and walnuts.
  • Sulfur-Rich Foods: These help the body form keratin structures. Includes onions, garlic, and cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and kale.
  • Vitamins and Minerals: Increase intake of vitamin A (carrots, sweet potatoes), Vitamin C (berries, citrus), and zinc (oysters, chickpeas, pumpkin seeds) to support the body's synthesis process.
  • Healthy Fats: Consume avocados, olive oil, and fatty fish to keep hair and skin nourished and hydrated.


Hair and Nail Care Habits

  • Avoid Excessive Heat/Chemicals: Minimize the use of straighteners, curlers, and bleaching, which degrade existing keratin.
  • Protect Hair and Nails: Protect hair from sun exposure and rinse thoroughly after swimming. Protect nails from detergents and avoid prolonged exposure to hot water.


Keratin Supplementation Can be Highly Beneficial

Beyond diet , utilizing a highly absorbable keratin supplement like Cynatine HNS can  greatly enhance keratin levels and rapidly improve hair and nails. 

Cynatine HNS is a highly bioavailable, solubilized keratin supplement that clinically improves hair, skin, and nail health by providing necessary amino acids. Key benefits include reduced hair loss (20% less), increased hair shine (65% increase), significant strengthening of brittle nails, and enhanced skin elasticity and moisture, typically within 90 days


Key Benefits of Cynatine HNS:

Hair Care:

    • Reduced Hair Loss: Clinical trials showed a 20% reduction in hair loss and reduced shedding by strengthening follicles.
    • Improved Appearance and Structure: 18% improvement in hair structure and a 65% increase in hair glossiness/shine.
    • Strength and Growth: Strengthens hair, reduces breakage, and promotes growth by providing bioavailable keratin.

 

Nail Care:

    • Increased Strength: Studies showed 64% stronger nails and 94% less brittleness.
    • Improved Texture: Reduces nail splitting and peeling, with a 42% improvement in smoothness.

 

Skin Care:

    • Anti-Aging: Improves skin compactness, elasticity, and firmness.
    • Reduced Wrinkles: Decreases fine lines and wrinkles by promoting hydration and structural support.
    • Smoother Skin: Increases moisture and reduces redness/inflammation.


Why it Works:

Cynatine HNS is "solubilized," making it much more easily absorbed by the body than standard keratin. It provides the necessary sulfur-rich amino acids required for the production of keratin, which constitutes the structural component of hair, skin, and nails. Clinical studies generally recommend 500 mg per day.

 

Elavonne Hair Nutrition

  • Keratin is the number 1 ingredient to support hair strength and growth, this formula utilizes Cynatine ® HNS and has it in the full studied amount at 500mg per serving
  • Biotin may be the next most powerful hair ingredient and Elavonne Hair Nutrition contains a high dose of Biotin at 5,000 mcg
  • Strong supportive vitamins and minerals all known for their hair health promoting abilities (Vitamin A and E, Niacin, B12, Pantothenic acid, Iron, and Zinc)
  • Convenient to use at 2 capsules per day


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References

Giesen M, Gruedl S, Holtkoetter O, Fuhrmann G, Koerner A, Petersohn D. Ageing processes influence keratin and KAP expression in human hair follicles. Exp Dermatol. 2011 Sep;20(9):759-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2011.01301.x. Epub 2011 May 16. PMID: 21569108.

Beer C, Wood S, Veghte RH. A clinical trial to investigate the effect of Cynatine HNS on hair and nail parameters. ScientificWorldJournal. 2014;2014:641723. doi: 10.1155/2014/641723. Epub 2014 Oct 16. PMID: 25386609; PMCID: PMC4214097.

Patel DP, Swink SM, Castelo-Soccio L. A Review of the Use of Biotin for Hair Loss. Skin Appendage Disord. 2017 Aug;3(3):166-169. doi: 10.1159/000462981. Epub 2017 Apr 27. PMID: 28879195; PMCID: PMC5582478.

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