Sederma is pleased to present MEL[O]STEM™

Sederma is pleased to present MEL[O]STEM™, the ONLY active ingredient addressing BOTH dark and white pigment disorders for an even complexion. Solar lentigo (dark spots) and idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis (flat white spots or “white freckles”) are two different pigment disorders both caused by sun damage to the melanocyte and its environment. MEL[O]STEM™’s holistic approach focuses on melanocyte’s balance for proper activity, with an expert-measured 64% improvement of complexion evenness vs placebo (clinical study).

Combining performance and sustainability, this ingredient is obtained from plant cell culture of scarlet beebalm leaves. It comes with unique sustainable attributes: drastic water consumption reduction, 100% waste recovery biotechnology process, unique plant sampling, … In addition to global environment preservation, MEL[O]STEM™ nurtures the melanocyte environment and increases skin’s sun capital.

Key points:

• Fading out BOTH skin dark and flat white spots
• Full sourcing and process transparency
• Expert evaluation: 64% of complexion evenness improvement vs placebo

About Sederma – www.sederma.com
Founded in 1964, Sederma became a member of the Croda International Group in 1997. Sederma is dedicated to the development of active ingredients and in the creation of innovative concepts for cosmetics, based on the mastery of biotechnology, fine chemistry, plant cell culture and vegetal extraction. Sederma has developed a unique range of actives with substantiated efficacy for facial skin care, body care, sun care, hair care and men’s care.
Equipped with a high performance and modern claim substantiation laboratory, Sederma uses powerful in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo tests to prove the efficacy of its products. Sederma strives for continuous improvement of quality, safety, sustainability, ethics and has received the following certifications: ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 9001, AEO, Cosmetic Ingredient Good Manufacturing Practice (EFfCI), RSPO and Halal.

About Croda – www.croda.com
Established in 1925, Croda is the name behind sustainable, high performance ingredients and technologies in some of the world’s most successful brands: creating, making and selling speciality chemicals that are relied on by industries and consumers everywhere.
Croda is a FTSE 100 company with over 4,500 passionate and innovative employees, working across manufacturing sites and offices around the world with a shared Purpose to use Smart science to improve lives™. As part of this Purpose, and with around two thirds of its organic raw materials already from bio-based sources, Croda has committed to be the most sustainable supplier of innovative ingredients, becoming Climate, Land and People Positive by 2030.