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In times of injury, amino acid peptides provoke your skin to regenerate collagen. According to Audrey Kunin, M.D., dermatologist and founder of DERMAdoctor.com, amino acid peptides send a chemical message to fibroblasts, enticing them to return to the area, make collagen, and repair the wound in a process known as chemotaxis. Amino acid peptides used in skin creams are composed of the same end fragment that sends out the distress signal to fibroblasts.
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