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Imagine a skin cream that heals damage occurring throughout the day when your skin is exposed to sunlight or environmental toxins. That’s the potential of a synthetic, biomimetic melanin developed by scientists at Northwestern University.
In a new study, the scientists show that their synthetic melanin, mimicking the natural melanin in human skin, can be applied topically to injured skin, where it accelerates wound healing. These effects occur both in the skin itself and systemically in the body.
When applied in a cream, the synthetic melanin can protect skin from sun exposure and heals skin injured by sun damage or chemical burns, the scientists said. The technology works by scavenging free radicals, which are produced by injured skin such as a sunburn. Left unchecked, free radical activity damages cells and ultimately may result in skin aging and skin cancer.
The referenced article: Topical application of synthetic melanin promotes tissue repair - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41536-023-00331-1
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Sounds like a perfect lotion for tattoo cars as well.
How do you tattoo a car??
This sounds like the setup line for a dad joke.
Maybe, but if you heal incorrectly after a tattoo, the ink can break down. The ink becomes permanent by getting trapped in your immune cells, so it’s entirely possible that this cream would make the tattoo non-permanent.
Would be interesting to see the results.
When will this become available?