• n  a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling

News & Articles

• Meg Ryan Has Large Joker-Style Lips (Picture)
  Meg Ryan's lips drew quite a bit of attention at the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily, Italy, on Thursday. The actress appeared to have had some botox and/or collagen treatments in addition to her several layers of red lipstick. The "Sleepless in Seattle" star is only 51, but her joker-like smile seemed to add years. While Ryan's lips were plumper that usual, the rest of her was thin. According ...
  June 21, 2013 - Opposing Views

Quotes

• Mary Higby Schweitzer in EurekAlert (press release)
  We looked for collagen because it's plentiful, it's durable, and it has been recovered from other fossil materials, although none as old as this T. rex,Schweitzer says. "It's also a relatively easy molecule to identify, and it's not...
• Arnold Schwarzenegger in San Diego Union Tribune
  What normally happens when you see someone in Hollywood with swollen lips, it's collagen shots,Schwarzenegger said, referring to a substance used in some cosmetic procedures.
• Lisa Rinna in msnbc.com
  Back 23 years ago, my girlfriend and I saw 'Beaches' the movie and Barbara Hershey went and had collagen put in her lips and we thought that that was - as silly as it may sound - the coolest thing ever,Rinna explained. "So we did and we...