Imagine you scrape your knee – your blood immediately clots and your body makes a scaffolding out of fibrin (a thread-like protein) to hold the clot in place. This acts as a natural bandage as the body heals. Your body uses fibrin to repair internal injuries too.

But your body also has to take down the fibrin scaffolding (a process called fibrinolysis). Your body naturally does this with an enzyme called plasmin, which breaks down the fibrin into parts the body can process. Healthy fibrinolysis is critical for managing pain, scarring and potential blood clots.

Fibrinolytic enzymes are proteases that break down the tough strings of fibrin protein. Supplementing with fibrinolytic enzymes can help your body maintain healthy fibrin metabolism.*