Learning Objectives - Emerging Cosmeceuticals CE course
- Explore the various types of peptide-based cosmeceutical categories
- Identify and understand the differences between the various types of peptide products used in cosmeceutical preparations
- Review the role, benefit, mechanisms of action, and clinical/aesthetic applications for specific types of peptide cosmeceuticals, growth factor formulations, and stem cell-derived products
- Explore and appreciate the connection between the wound healing process and how it relates to the intrinsic/extrinsic causes of the skin aging process
- Understand the role of growth factor, cytokine, and stem cell-derived products in the context of the wound healing-photoaging model
- Identify the methods and theories by which peptides, growth factors, cytokines are believed to penetrate the skin to achieve their cosmetic effects
- Appreciate the various evaluation methods used in current cosmeceutical research studies
- Understand how certain peptide and growth factor cosmeceuticals can be combined with various medical spa procedures for a synergistic benefit
- Understand the currently debated theoretical risk associated with the use of growth factor and stem cell-based topicals
- Review the latest advancements in stem cell-mediated cosmeceuticals, and how it’s believed to avoid the theoretical risks associated with this category
