THE INGREDIENT SHELF

New-age ingredients in skincare: PDRN, ferments and more

Newer ingredients arrive with big promises and young evidence. Each page says what has been studied, in whom, and what is still only lab work.

4 ingredients

DNA-derived ingredients

A DNA-derived ingredient traditionally made from salmon, with plant-based versions now proposed, used in serums and post-procedure care.

An extract of broken-down bacteria from the gut-friendly bifidobacteria family, used in creams for sensitive skin.

A ferment filtrate made with a yeast-like fungus, used in essences and creams, with a story from sake brewing.

A lab-made copy of a signalling protein that skin makes itself, used in serums, listed as SH-Oligopeptide-1.

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