Some types of baldness have been attributed to genetic mutation. As fibroblasts control the level of collagen and elastin in the skin, they have been found effective in removing stretch marks as well.
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A leading player in this field is Ronald T.Dodge Company which offers proprietary techniques and methods for biotech oriented micro- encapsulation for cosmetic industry, including liposome encapsulation and Alginate encapsulation.įibrocell a company that specializes in autologous cell therapies for aesthetic use has come out with a cure for baldness that involves cloning normal skin cells called fibroblasts and injecting it into bald areas of the scalp. Micro-encapsulation using biotechnologically produced substances such as liposomes and cyclo-dextrines helps in stabilizing enzymes in creams or in releasing measured quantity of the ingredient according to the situation as for example in providing sun protection depending on the quantity of UV rays.
Sea Lavender Peptide is another product in their stable which is an anti-aging product that protects against UV rays and is sourced from sea lavender. For instance, Copalis a leading French cosmetic company makes a skin whitening preparation which is essentially a Sea Beet Peptide extract that when used has a de-pigmenting effect by blocking melanin synthesis. There are other innovative products sourced from the sea as well. Some algae like laminaria and agarum cribosum reportedly have hydrating and anti-aging properties and so they find use in anti-aging formulas. For example, various species of microalgae are a source of natural colors as like orange color sourced from green algae Chlorophyta and blue & red color from red microalgae Rhodophyta.Īnother use of microalgae is in making cosmetic emulsions with soft gel behavior like those containing the exocellular polysaccharides of red microalgae Porphyridiumsp and P.aerugineum Synthetic colors used in cosmetics are also a point of concern and biotechnology has to a certain extent helped resolve this problem. For example, the red microalgae all natural eco-certified cosmetic ingredient Alguard manufactured by Frutarom provides quick beauty enhancement and long term protection to the skin. Microalgae sourced from the sea contain anti-oxidants, pigments and vitamins and this is being increasingly used in cosmetic products. So today, one can find cosmetics having fish extracts, fruit acids, and even ingredients sourced from bacteria as for example ectoine (a moisturizer) sourced from Halomonas elongata. Once again the trend has now reversed, with more consumer awareness in having natural ingredients in cosmetic products.
It was only thereafter that chemical dominated cosmetics came on the scene, often with single active ingredient product, that replaced multiple natural ingredients in cosmetics. Starting from the Egyptians till about 60 years back most of the cosmetics and beauty aids were composed of natural or botanical extracts. There is reason to believe that biotechnology and cosmetics have had a cyclical relationship. Much of the cosmetics used by Egyptians in those days were biotech based, as they contained beeswax, fatty substances, oils, animal waste like fly dung and coloring material such as finely ground gems like lapis lazuli (that gave a deep blue color).
For instance, cosmetics have been widely used since ancient times notably by the Egyptians nearly 4000 years ago. This anomaly is even more explicit when we try to pinpoint the role of biotechnology in cosmetics. There is some amount of anomaly in reckoning with biotech industry as a sunrise industry, especially as some of the biotech firms have been around for more than 20 years now, and the word biotechnology itself was coined way back in 1919 by Karl Ereky a Hungarian engineer.
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