Horse Chestnut

Summary

Botanical traditionally used to support microcirculation and ease the look of puffiness.

Relief in the formula

Horse Chestnut sits in our formulas for one job: easing the look of puffiness. We file it under De-Puffing in this glossary because that is the effect its evidence actually supports, not because it is the most flattering label available.

Relief in the microcirculation

The mechanism is the one stated in the summary above, and we have deliberately not extended it. Where a supplier or a competitor would reach for a bigger promise, the sentence we publish stops where the research stops.

Relief in the evidence

Our source is a peer reviewed observational or laboratory study, recorded as Calabrese 1993 PMID 8255928 (topical 2% escin gel, placebo-controlled). You can read it yourself at PubMed 8255928. We grade that as solid support for what the ingredient does.

Relief and its limits

The research behind Horse Chestnut studies the ingredient, not the finished Opuliss product it sits in. It supports what Horse Chestnut does. It is not a trial of our formula, and we will not present it as one.

Cosmetic claims describe how skin looks and feels. Nothing here is a medical claim, and nothing here treats a condition.