Dr Judey on the origin of tissue-protective peptides.

The peptide chemistry now signed onto every Biomedical Emporium formulation came out of years of wound healing research. Chronic wounds, post-surgical wounds, and the harder work of regenerative medicine and cell therapy. The question that field asks is straightforward: how do we tell tissue to rebuild itself without asking it for energy it does not have?

The answer turned out to be a specific class of signalling peptide arranged in three tiers, each acting on a different depth of tissue. When we brought that architecture into cosmeceutical work, the effect on healthy skin was measurable within weeks. Not because we were treating the skin as damaged, but because healthy skin also responds to the same signals wound tissue does.

The face brief is the same as the wound brief, at a lower voltage.

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