โ† Back to Dictionary
Active Ingredients

Palmitoyl Tripeptide-28

Often labeled as: Clock-Gene Peptide

The circadian rhythm restoring peptide.

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ
Overall Safety Safe
๐Ÿ‘ถ
Pregnancy Safety Safe
๐Ÿ•ณ๏ธ
Comedogenic (0-5) 0 / 5
โšก
Irritancy (0-5) 0 / 5

๐Ÿ”ฌ How It Actually Works

A synthetic peptide that mimics a transforming growth factor. It upregulates the expression of specific "clock genes" in the skin, helping cells repair themselves during sleep.

๐Ÿ’– Why your skin loves it

Prevents collagen degradation, stimulates ECM (extracellular matrix) proteins, and repairs photo-aging.

๐Ÿ’ก Pro Tip

Best utilized in nighttime repair creams.

โš–๏ธ Myth vs. Fact

The Myth

It makes you sleepy.

The Science

It regulates the local cellular rhythm of the skin cells, it does not enter the brain.