Every 28 days or so—longer as you age—your skin completely renews itself. Old cells rise to the surface, slough off, and are replaced by fresh cells from below. This constant turnover is how your skin heals, adapts, and maintains itself.
When renewal works well, skin looks vibrant. Fresh cells bring brightness; efficient shedding of dead cells keeps texture smooth. When renewal slows—as it inevitably does with age—skin becomes dull, uneven, and accumulated damage starts showing.
Most anti-aging strategies attempt to force faster renewal through exfoliation or retinoids. Colostrum takes a different approach: supporting the renewal process itself so skin can turn over at its optimal rate.
How Renewal Actually Works
Skin renewal begins in the basal layer of the epidermis, where cells called keratinocytes divide to create new skin cells. These new cells begin migrating upward, maturing as they go. By the time they reach the surface, they're flat, dead cells that eventually slough off.
This process is controlled by growth factors and other signaling molecules. When growth factor signaling is strong, cell division is active and renewal proceeds efficiently. When signaling diminishes—as happens with age—division slows, and cells take longer to make the journey from basal layer to surface.
The result is skin that looks and feels "older": slower to heal, duller in appearance, more prone to accumulated damage.
Colostrum's Growth Factors and Cell Renewal
Epidermal growth factor (EGF) in colostrum directly stimulates keratinocyte division. When EGF binds to receptors on these cells, it triggers the signaling cascade that initiates cell division. More EGF means more active division; more active division means fresher cells reaching the surface more frequently.
This is similar to what retinoids do—they also accelerate cell turnover. But the mechanism differs. Retinoids work partly by creating controlled inflammation that stimulates repair responses. EGF works by providing the signal for division directly, without the inflammatory component.
For skin that can't tolerate retinoids—and there's a lot of it—this distinction matters enormously. You can support healthy turnover without the peeling, redness, and sensitivity that retinoids often cause.
Supporting, Not Forcing
Here's a crucial distinction: colostrum supports optimal renewal; it doesn't force artificially accelerated renewal.
When you use aggressive exfoliation or high-concentration retinoids, you're overriding your skin's natural pace. Sometimes this works well. Sometimes it strips skin faster than it can rebuild, leading to sensitivity, barrier damage, and inflammation.
Colostrum's growth factors work with your skin's existing renewal infrastructure. They provide signals that aging skin may be missing, allowing renewal to proceed at the rate your skin is actually capable of sustaining. This is gentler and, in the long run, often more effective.
What You'll Notice
The effects of supported cell renewal show gradually. After several weeks of consistent colostrum use, many women notice their skin looks brighter—not in a shiny, overexfoliated way, but in a fresh, healthy way. Texture improves as dead cells shed more efficiently. Products absorb better because they're not sitting on top of accumulated dead skin.
These changes don't happen overnight, and they won't make you look twenty years younger. But they represent real improvements in skin function—the kind of improvements that compound over time and create genuinely healthier skin.
Our Colostrum Cream delivers these growth factors in a formula designed for consistent daily use. Over months, the supported renewal process creates visible change. It's not dramatic, but it's real—which is more than most anti-aging products can honestly claim.
