TRITICUM-SECALE CEREALE SEED EXTRACT.

This unique hybrid combines the distinct actions of its components to optimize skin health. The Secale cereale (rye) fraction actively works to enhance the skin's mechanical resistance and significantly diminish the appearance of gravity-induced wrinkles. It achieves this by stimulating dermal mechanoreceptors and alpha-SMA fibers, which collectively maintain mechanical tension within the dermal tissue and boost the activity of YAP and TAZ proteins. This action also contributes to visible skin smoothing and an enhanced glow. Concurrently, the Triticum vulgare (wheat) component provides robust moisturizing, nourishing, and antioxidant benefits. It supports optimal skin hydration, reinforces the epidermal barrier by stimulating lipid synthesis and providing ceramides similar to those naturally found in skin (ceramides 3 and 6), and promotes cellular regeneration through enhanced cell migration, fibronectin synthesis, and increased Hyaluronan Synthase 2 expression. Furthermore, it combats oxidative damage by scavenging free radicals, preserves skin structural integrity by boosting TIMP-1 production, and inhibits elastase activity, thus improving elastin quantities for enhanced elasticity and suppleness. It also offers gentle soothing properties to calm irritation.