Ceramides play a critical role in maintaining the skin's protective barrier and retaining moisture; they are a wide family of waxy lipid molecules, naturally present on our skin, composed by phytosphingosine (or sphingosine) and a fatty acid that contains an amide (or ester) bond. Loss of ceramides is very frequent in aged persons or during diseases and this causes dryness, roughness, sensitivity, redness, itching. The supplement of ceramides can rebuild the skin barrier, maintaining the full integrity of our hydrolipidic skin balance, reducing TEWL, improving skin hydration and integrity.
As skincare technology has advanced, Lehvoss Personal Care has launched second- and third-generation ceramides as important innovations that promise to further enhance skin health and hydration.
Second-Generation Ceramides
Second-generation ceramides represent an improvement over the original ceramide formulations: standard ceramides are synthetic or semi-synthetic while second generation structures are designed to more closely mimic the ceramides wide spectrum, naturally found in the skin. Lehvoss Personal Care launched a new biotech platform for merging vegetable oil fatty acids with phytosphingosine, engineered to provide better penetration and efficacy in skincare products.
The key benefit of second-generation ceramides is their ability to strengthen the skin barrier more effectively. Meadowfoam ceramide and Olive ceramide improve hydration and increase the skin's resistance to environmental stress thanks to the multiple long carbon chains coming from the vegetable oil. This complex structure helps to quickly restore the hydrolipidic barrier, by optimizing the packing of the ceramides, creating a compact lamellar network which amplifies their effectiveness on the skin.
Second-generation ceramides can be used as key active ingredients in moisturizers, serums, and anti-aging treatments due to their ability to provide deeper, longer-lasting moisture while supporting the skin's overall health.
Third-Generation Ceramides
Building on the successes of second-generation ceramides, third-generation ceramides take the science of skin hydration and barrier repair even further. These next-generation ceramides are based on more complex and sophisticated molecular structures, designed to offer even more targeted, specific benefits for the skin.
Lehvoss Personal Care is launching in this category two new references: Gold-EOP C46-N5.0 and DKM-CerTM Niacinamide (P).
Gold-EOP C46-N5.0 is engineered to enhance not only moisture retention, but it can support the skin's natural regenerative processes, improve elasticity, long lasting soothing and redness reduction.
DKM-CerTM Niacinamide (P) emphasizes bioavailability, ensuring that the active ingredients are delivered more efficiently into the deeper skin layers. This level of efficiency and precision makes third-generation ceramides particularly beneficial for individuals with sensitive or compromised skin, as they can provide targeted hydration and whitening effect.