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The 2024 TZR Beauty Groundbreakers Awards
We Tested Hundreds Of Skin Care Products — These Are The 27 That Impressed Us Most
by TZR BEAUTY TEAM April 11, 2024
Best Firming Serum
Sweet Chemistry is proof of the buzzy influence regenerative medicine is having on skin care technology. The brand’s Reparative Oil-Serum Infusion harnesses the power of patent-pending upcycled bovine-derived peptides called matrikines, which are said to help reverse tissue damage, therefore helping to improve signs of skin aging. On top of plumping and smoothing fine lines and wrinkles, the waterless serum targets hyperpigmentation, hydrates with a collection of potent botanical oils, and provides barrier repair support.
Image courtesy of Bustle IG: @sunshinneyyIt’s not as weird as it sounds.
Written by Parizaad Khan Sethi
November 3, 2023
Once Alec Batis decided to pull down his pants in the Zoom meeting, the outcome could only go one of two ways.
The board of Xylyx, the Brooklyn-based regenerative biomaterials developer on the other side of the screen, could either hit “end meeting” and block him for life, or be so impressed with his chutzpah that they decide to bring him into their business. Luckily for Batis (and the world of skin care), they chose the second — and thus, Sweet Chemistry was born.
The future of medicine, in our opinion, is regenerative medicine. It just makes sense: whether treating damage caused by disease, trauma, congenital defect, or just age, why wouldn’t you take advantage of innovations that can eliminate intensely invasive procedures? Current developments in the field of regenerative medicine include focuses on treatment tailored to a patient’s genome and how to stop—or even reverse—aging.
Podcast:
Breakthroughs In Wound Healing May Be The Next Frontier For Glowing Skin - In Conversation With Sweet Chemistry Founder, Alec Batis
Runtime 48m
In recent years, the tenets of clean beauty such as avoidance of certain ingredients have become commonplace in the beauty industry. Now, science-backed beauty seems to be on the upswing in the industry, and it could bring new obligations for brands as they try to attract audiences in a crowded market.
Given the shifting dynamics, for the latest edition of our ongoing series posing questions relevant to indie beauty, we asked 23 beauty entrepreneurs, executives, retailers, cosmetics chemists, manufacturers and doctors the following question: If science-backed beauty becomes table stakes, what do you think will become standard for brands to have to ensure their scientific credibility and convey it to consumers and retailers?
by Deanna Utroske
November 3, 2023
Sweet Chemistry Skincare Evidence-Based Skincare, “legitimately regenerative ingredient”
Moving the concept of Regenerative Beauty further into the future is Sweet Chemistry Skincare. This is a new brand that borrows directly from the technologies of regenerative medicine. I recently had a nice, long call with the Co-Founder and CEO of Sweet Chemistry Skincare, Alec Batis.
The hero ingredient for the brand are regenerative bone peptides called Matrikynes® that are also currently being used in leading biomedical research for organ tissue repair. And the data from that field is really quite astounding. Matrikynes® have a less than glamourous INCI name: Hydrolyzed Cow Bone Extract. But come to think of it, almost no INCI name sounds glamourous.
— Sweet Chemistry Skincare fits into the Regenerative Beauty trend with its legitimately regenerative ingredient, but also with the sourcing of that ingredient which valorizes what would otherwise be waste. Plus other ingredients in the Sweet Chemistry formulas are cultivated by leveraging regenerative agriculture practices.
Industry Impact
Always pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in skincare and beauty, Sweet Chemistry founder Alec Batis’ mission is to raise industry standards in product quality, efficacy, and safety.
Batis has appeared in the Academy-nominated documentary Toxic Beauty, encouraging the beauty industry to reimagine what ‘clean’ beauty should be.
NBC Meet The Press
“This year, we are premiering our first feature-length documentary. It’s called Toxic Beauty, which explores the under-regulated market for beauty and personal care products. It’s an issue with serious health implications, particularly for women, and one that has received rare bipartisan attention right here in Washington.”
Business Insider
“Alec Batis, a former research chemist who once made hair dyes for the L'Oréal group, is an expert in the risks and benefits of chemicals used in beauty products.”
Medium | Authority Magazine
“Thank you so much for doing this with us! Before we
dive in, our readers would love to learn a bit more about you. Can you tell us a story about what brought you to this specific career path?”
“I debated whether to give the safe answer or what really happened. I would like to say that I stumbled upon it, but the truth is I entered the beauty industry because of deep rooted insecurities that ended up almost killing me (how’s that for an answer?).”
Salvaging Donor Organs For Life-Saving Transplant
In Astounding Test, Scientists Revive Damaged Lungs for Transplant
Lung tissue regeneration innovation has the potential to heal thousands of donated lungs and significantly increase the number of lungs that can be repaired and transplanted today.
Donor lungs being rehabilitated with the cross-circulation process.
Credit: Hozain, O’Neill et al., Nature Medicine, 2020
A 3-D C.T. scan of healthy human lungs has a folded surface area about the size of a tennis court. Credit: Zephyr/Science Source
2010 CONCEPTUALIZATION OF BIOENGINEERED HUMAN LUNGS TO ADDRESS THE SHORTAGE OF ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANTATION
2019 REGENERATION OF SEVERELY DAMAGED LUNGS
USING CROSS-CIRCULATION
2020 RECOVERY OF INJURED HUMAN DONOR LUNGS
FOR TRANSPLANTATION
TODAY LED BY DR. JOHN O’NEILL, HIS TEAM OF SCIENTISTS USE THEIR EXPERTISE TO CREATE INNOVATION WITH THE POWER TO HELP REPAIR AND REGENERATE SKIN TISSUE
