What is Hyaluronic Acid?
Hyaluronic Acid products are commercially available and safely used in many surgical procedures as well as in skin care products to increase hydration and aid in healing of compromised skin. It is extensively used by the cosmetic industry and by dermatologists in anti-aging and moisturizing products as Hyaluronic Acid is very hydroscopic (absorbs and retains water).
Hydration of the Skin
Hyaluronic acid (HA) can absorb over 1000 times it weight in water allowing it to hydrate to skin and other areas that it contacts.
Prevention of Scarring and Aiding Wound Healing
High concentrations of HA, Particularly in fetal skin, have long been noted to be associated with rapid healing with little scarring. It is postulated that HA is the extra cellular matrix (fluid between skin cells) that is the natural transportation system for the events of wound healing (inflammatory cell migration, fibroblast cell migration, cytokine migration and epithelial cell migration) to smoothly occur.
