Neolipyl, Silab’s new repairing natural active ingredient, was awarded the Silver prize during the PCHi Fountain Awards on March 18.

The win was part of the Chinese PCHi exhibition in the Skin Barrier Repair category. A genuine lipid restructuring agent and natural partner of retinol, Neolipyl is a patented active ingredient recommended in all cares intended for the skin barrier. Neolipyl gets it is name from lipid disorders, which cause dry skin that the new active targets using cornflowers. People with chronic dry skin have a deficiency in skin-surface lipids or sebum, and barrier lipids (ceramides, cholesterol), a condition also termed “lipid-dry” skin. This lack of fats breaks down the skin barrier, causing water loss.

“We are very pleased to receive this award, which recognizes all the work we have done to decipher the characteristics of dry skin and offer an adapted solution,” said Silab CEO Brigitte Closs-Gonthier. “Indeed, to develop this active ingredient, we designed an unprecedented modeling study by leveraging our dual expertise in omics technologies, especially through lipidomic study, and optical biopsies. This enabled us to establish the lipid signature of dry skin for the first time: the results demonstrate weakened composition and structure of the lipid matrix.”

Tested on this model, Neolipyl re-equilibrates this lipid matrix by acting on both its composition and structure, for hydrating and smoothing effects visible as of 14 days of application. In addition, combined with retinol on normal skin, it limits the adverse effects of this molecule and supports its cosmetic benefits.