Skin concerns · Collagen
Collagen isn’t a powder. It’s a structure.
Your skin builds and rebuilds its own collagen. A reading shows what’s on the surface. The plan looks after what sits underneath.
Draft. The collagen science on this page needs substantiation and legal sign-off before it goes public.
In short
Collagen is part of the extra-cellular matrix, the mesh under your skin that gives it strength. Your skin builds its own. A plan supports it with a vitamin C cofactor, daily SPF and a barrier that holds.
The science
What’s happening in your skin.
Under the surface sits the extra-cellular matrix. Think of a mattress and its springs.
Cells called fibroblasts spend their lives building and mending this mesh. Collagen is built from amino acids, including glycine, proline and lysine. Vitamin C is the cofactor for the enzymes that stitch it together.
Sun is the largest outside force that breaks the matrix down. Protecting what’s already built is part of the plan.
01
Collagen
Strength. Built from glycine, proline and lysine.
02
Elastin
Recoil. Slow to turn over in adult skin.
03
Hyaluronic acid
Holds water in the matrix and at the surface.
04
Lipid seal
Ceramide, cholesterol and fatty acid at 3:1:1.
10%
Vitamin C in Aliquot 04. A cofactor for collagen hydroxylation.1
1%
Copper peptide in Aliquot 07, with hyaluronic acid.2
3–6months
Collagen remodelling is measured in months, not weeks.3
Your reading
What a reading looks at.
Photos show what’s visible. Questions fill in what a camera can’t see. For collagen, these matter most.
PhotosForehead · Left cheek · Right cheek · Neck & décolletage
Q07What would you most like to improve?
Q10Sun exposure and SPF habits?
Q12Which best describes your usual diet?
Q13How much sleep do you typically get?
The Aliquot range
References a reading may choose.
Every active is named on the label at the strength used. Only chosen if your reading calls for it.
TREAT · 30 ml
04 · Vitamin C 10% Anhydrous
10.0% ASCORBIC ACID
Water-free vitamin C 10%, for mornings.
TREAT · 30 ml
07 · Copper Peptide Serum
COPPER TRIPEPTIDE-1
A copper peptide signal serum, for evenings.
PROTECT · 50 ml
12 · Tinted BB SPF 30
SPF 30
SPF 30 with iron oxides. The last step every morning.
INTERNAL · 150 g
IN 01 · 22-Amino Complex
L-LEUCINE 1700 MG
Twenty-two free-form amino acids, taken daily. Only suggested when your answers call for it.
What usually waits
Vitamin C and copper peptide never share an application. Vitamin C goes on in the morning, copper peptide at night. Hydrolysed collagen isn’t part of any plan yet.
What to expect
Slow, on purpose.
Week 1 to 2Your skin settles in. Some products start every second night.
Week 4Recheck the same six views before anything stronger is added.
Month 3 to 6The slow work, measured against your own first reading.
Questions
About collagen.
Do I need to take something for collagen?
No. Anything to take is only suggested when your answers call for it, and you can say no. Your skin routine works on its own.
Have the topical and the ingestible been tested together?
No. They work on the same skin biology, but they haven’t been trialled as a pair.
Sources
- Boo YC, 2022. Vitamin C as cofactor for collagen hydroxylation. Review. PubMed
- Jiang F et al., 2023. Copper peptide with hyaluronic acid: collagen IV, cell and ex vivo study. PubMed
- Aliquot. Principles and philosophy of the extra-cellular matrix, v1.9. September 2026. Brand document.
Studies describe the named active, not trials of finished Aliquot products. References as supplied by Aliquot.
Vernier doesn’t diagnose and isn’t a skin cancer check. If a spot worries you, see your GP.