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Skin and More

Here you will find regular updates from the Steinkraus universe.

Videos featuring Prof. Dr. Steinkraus, in-depth information on skin, health, and care, as well as insights into the functions of the skin – and how to support it wisely. Additionally, news about our products, clarification of skincare myths, current research findings, and practical tips to help you get the most out of your skincare routine.

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Niacinamid – der Mittelstreckenläufer

Niacinamide – the Middle-Distance Runner

One Active, Four Effects Niacinamide is vitamin B3 – water-soluble and exceptionally well tolerated. It acts on multiple aspects of skin physiology simultaneously, and does so with well-documented effects. Here are four of its most important effec...

Ingredients Produkte Knowledge

Warum Staunen gut für die Haut ist

Warum Staunen gut für die Haut ist

Über die Physiologie der Ehrfurcht Es gibt Momente, in denen man kurz innehält. Ein Blick über eine weite Landschaft, ein Musikstück, das einen unvorbereitet trifft, ein Kunstwerk, das größer ist als man erwartet hat. Dieses Gefü...

Skin Health Knowledge

Es gibt kein Anti-Aging

There Is No Anti-Aging

The Wrong Word for the Right Goal “Anti-aging” is a contradiction in terms – an oxymoron, like “alternative facts” or “open secret.” It sounds like a promise but describes something impossible. We all get older. That is not a defeat to be prevente...

Skin Health Knowledge

Hyaluronsäure: der beste Kurzstreckenläufer

Hyaluronic Acid: the Sprinter of Skincare

What It Actually Does – and What It Doesn’t Hyaluronic acid does not rejuvenate. It does not build collagen, does not improve skin structure, does not restore degraded fibres. Those who expect that from it are expecting the wrong thing – and ...

Skin Health Ingredients Knowledge

Sonne – Freund oder Feind?

The sun – friend or enemy?

Why the answer is more complicated than either camp claims When it comes to the sun, there are two camps. Some never leave the house without sunscreen and see a threat in every ray of sunlight. Others lie carelessly in the midday sun until the...

Skin Health Knowledge

Was Haut und Moor gemeinsam haben

Was Haut und Moor gemeinsam haben

Two Systems, One Principle Walking through a bog – best in the early morning – you get a sense of a system that has grown slowly. Layer by layer, over millennia. Nothing here is fast. As a dermatologist, I inevitably think of skin. Layers as a Pri...

Sustainability Knowledge

Don't Smoke

Don't Smoke

What Smoking Does to the Skin – and Why the Damage Cannot Be Undone Everyone knows that smoking is harmful. To the lungs, to the blood vessels, to all organs. What follows here is what smoking does specifically to the skin – and why this dama...

Skin Health Knowledge

(19) Hydrogel Eye Pads

(19) Hydrogel Eye Pads

Care for the most sensitive area of the face The skin around the eyes is only around 0.5 millimetres thick, compared to the usual one to two. It contains far fewer natural lipids and loses moisture quickly, while struggling to retain it. ...

Ingredients Produkte Knowledge

Pickel ausdrücken? Keine gute Idee.

Squeezing Spots? Usually a Bad Idea.

Why Fingers on the Face Almost Never Help There is an impulse almost everyone knows: a small inflammation on the face, a spot, a red patch – and the hand moves there automatically. It feels like taking control. In reality, it is the opposite....

Skin Health Knowledge