In Vivo Synthesis of Elastic Fiber

A method of providing elasticity to the skin of an individual, the method including the following steps:

• providing an individual;
• defining a treatment area on the skin of the individual, wherein the treatment area is an area of skin m which elasticity is to be provided;
• injecting a tropoelastin composition into skin tissue within the treatment area so as to establish an amount of tropoelastin within the treatment area that is increased relative to skin outside the treatment area;
• maintaining the amount of tropoelastin in the treatment area for a pre-determined period of time,
• thereby providing elasticity to the skin of an individual.