Hi Terriann, Where I struggle, is understanding that many folks have genetic disorders of connective tissue — unless we can change our genes, we can’t grow unaffected connective tissue. We can prevent damage, and repair damage (to some degree), but our genes dictate the type of connective tissue we have. Thus, supplements can’t make us grow different connective tissue. Does that make sense? It’s the same issue with stem-cells that come from our own body. The same genes result in the same connective tissue. 🙂