The cosmetics industry is heavily regulated in many countries, with strict safety and quality standards to protect consumers. In cosmetics, ion channels play a crucial role in skin physiology and are linked to various skin conditions such as ageing, dryness, and irritation. Precise and reproducible data is essential for regulatory approval of cosmetic products.

Automated patch clamping provides the cosmetics industry with a powerful tool for developing new and more effective cosmetic products that can improve skin health and beauty while ensuring safety for consumers.

Automated patch clamp techniques provide a fast and reliable way to test the effects of cosmetic ingredients on ion channels in skin cells. This can help researchers assess the safety of cosmetic ingredients by determining whether they can interfere with ion channels involved in skin cell function, such as cell proliferation, migration, and differentiation.

With automated patch clamp, researchers better understand the function and regulation of ion channels in skin cells. This knowledge can help the cosmetics industry develop more targeted and effective cosmetic products that can selectively modulate specific ion channels to improve skin health, such as reducing the signs of ageing, promoting skin hydration, and protecting against environmental stressors.

Automated patch clamp techniques can screen for new targets for cosmetic ingredients. Researchers can develop cosmetic products that modulate these channels to improve skin health by identifying ion channels involved in specific skin functions.

Using automated patch clamp to study individual differences in ion channel activity in skin cells allows for developing personalized cosmetic products tailored to specific skin types and needs.