According to this stalwart skincare brand, exosomes are the one thing you need to be adding to your beauty routine
Helene Ravlich discovers the next frontier in skin longevity firsthand.
As science advances the possibilities of skincare, exosomes have emerged as transformative bioactive compounds. These microscopic cellular messengers carry vital instructions that improve skin health, facilitating the exchange of information between your cells about how to heal and regenerate, and a clever new treatment from DermalogicaPRO, Exo Booster Microneedling, calls on their powers to deliver supercharged end results.
Dubbed ‘the next frontier in skin longevity,’ thanks to their ability to target cellular dysfunction at its core, exosomes are derived from stem cells and used for their ability to promote cell repair, communication, and regeneration. When used in skin treatments, they offer a laundry list of potential benefits, including addressing fine lines and dark spots, smoothing texture, boosting elasticity, and more.
The 45-minute, in-clinic DermalogicaPRO treatment combines traditional microneedling with the forever-innovating brand’s Exo Booster, a serum featuring vegan bacterial exosomes (from Lactobacillus) to dramatically enhance skin rejuvenation, accelerate healing, and boost collagen. The cutting-edge treatment delivers billions of these cellular messengers to improve texture, tone, firmness, and reduce wrinkles, making it ideal for amplifying microneedling results, with transformative effects that continue long after you’ve left the clinic.
Arriving at Skintopia’s Herne Bay clinic makeup-free and ready for anything, I am taken into my treatment room and immediately assured that the DermalogicaPRO approach to microneedling favours a progressive approach over aggressive techniques, and after a double cleanse and a personalised Pro Power Peel, things are officially underway.
Surprisingly comfortable, with the healing Exo Booster constantly applied throughout to ensure thorough delivery into the skin, I left with a vial of remaining product to be applied until finished and a promise to avoid makeup and sunscreen use for a full 24 hours (at the very least). Non-adherence to the latter can result in granulomas requiring medical attention, so I stick religiously to my therapist, Fulvia’s rules.
Around ten days after my first treatment, my skin was already looking smoother and more even, beginning to look visibly more energised after the second week and revealing the promised glow-up after three. By the time I returned to Skintopia for round two, I was thoroughly sold on the results, with the whole experience being much more comfortable as my skin knew what to expect, and with barely any redness immediately post.
Several months later, I am still reaping the benefits, as well as adding Dermalogica’s new phyto nature e² regenerating daily exosome leave-on treatment to my at-home routine to continue the great results.
Amplifying the results of microneedling and developed in collaboration with world-renowned scientists, these potent exosomes represent a giant step forward for skin health and longevity—one I’m more than ready to take.
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