Skin Barrier Course

This is an online advanced course that focuses on the skin barrier. It is designed to help formulators understand the skin barrier and create products that suits and strengthens the skin barrier.

Course Highlights:

• Anatomy Of the Skin barrier:Understand the anatomy of the skin barrier, discovering its complex composition and understanding its essential role in safeguarding your skin’s health.

• Barrier Challenges and Consequences: Learn about the factors that can compromise the skin barrier, such as environmental stressors, harsh skincare practices, and age-related changes. Understand the potential consequences of a weakened barrier, including dryness, sensitivity, and inflammation.

• Mechanisms of Repair: Gain a deeper understanding of how the skin initiates its natural repair mechanisms to fortify the barrier and combat damage. Explore the fascinating world of lipid synthesis, lamellar structure formation, and the role of various skincare ingredients in supporting this process.

• Barrier-Friendly Skincare: Discover the art of selecting skincare products that work in harmony with your skin barrier. Learn to differentiate between ingredients that aid repair and those that could potentially disrupt your skin’s protective shield.

• Barrier and Skin Conditions: Explore the connection between a healthy skin barrier and common skin conditions like eczema, Keratosis pilaris (chicken skin),  psoriasis and sensitivity. Uncover strategies to manage these conditions effectively through barrier-focused skincare.

• Personalized Barrier Care: Develop a customized approach to nurturing your skin barrier, incorporating the right products, routines, and habits to promote long-term skin health and resilience.

• Practical Formulations:  Benefit from expert advice, as well as practical and demonstrations on how to create barrier-focused skincare products