"Elastin is like a trampoline, says Audra Klein, national educator for Botanique by Himalaya, made by Himalaya Herbal Healthcare, Sugar Land, TX; it offers "resilience to the skin as it maneuvers and stretches throughout life. Elastin allows for shape and tautness to be effortlessly upheld." If elastin is healthy and nourished, it helps the skin remain supple and "evade the sagging effects of gravity and fine lines of time," Klein explains. "