The use of postbiotics in the skincare industry is currently a trend. Trends come and go but postbiotics have been in use in cosmetics for more than four decades. They were never talked about, though, but used as a silent partner in the formulation to perform a job as an active ingredient.
In a new article in HPCtoday, Harald van der Hoeven takes a look at different definitions of “postbiotics”, explains their cosmetic benefit and discusses, whether postbiotics are just a trend or more than that.
You can read the full article in the Nov/Dec issue of HPCtoday here.