Sederma's BB

As previously reported, Sederma's BB-Biont (INCI: Glycerin (and) Water (Aqua) (and) Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4) is a biomimetic peptide designed to smooth the appearance of pockmarks. The ingredient recently received the "I Feel Good Award 2022" for innovation, recognizing the company's peptide expertise, Sederma reports.

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The ingredient is positioned as a gentle alternative to aesthetic medicine, improving the skin tone and surface by rebalancing the its holobiont; the holobiont is described as the supra-organism between the human body and the microbiome. BB-Biont is designed to slow the growth of Cutibacterium acnes and deconstruct its biofilm to avoid inflammatory skin damage.

Pascale Rossi, marketing director, said: "At Sederma, we think that this kind of holistic active ingredient, promoting a sustainable and healthy beauty approach, represents the future of cosmetics." Rossi continues, "that's the reason why we strongly value this [prize] attributed by a judging panel composed of Chantal Soutarson from Beauty Toaster, Pascale Brousse from Trend Sourcing and Célia Favre from Umaï."