If you’ve ever struggled with your skin, you’ll understand the urge of wanting to communicate with it—to understand what’s causing breakouts, and stimulate the production of collagen and elastin, post 25. Luckily, the field of regenerative aesthetics has advanced so much in recent years that we’ve found a way to do exactly that, via exosomes.
They are best described as tiny communication bubbles that our cells naturally release, akin to emails or text messages, award-winning cosmetic doctor Tony Kaliya of the Neu Clinic, tells me. “Exosomes carry messages, including growth factors, proteins and signals, that tell neighbouring cells how to repair, regenerate and behave. In skincare, we use them to encourage the skin to function in a healthier, more youthful way.” In essence, since they work at a very fundamental biological level—cell-to-cell communication—harnessing them dramatically ups the ante of what we can do for the health (and appearance) of our skin.
