Norwegian Kelp

Summary

Norwegian kelp extract, used in our formulas for hydration. Its source studied a sugar fragment made from this seaweed in skin cells in the laboratory, where it helped the cells grow and move, and did not test hydration.

Replenishment in the formula

Norwegian Kelp sits in our formulas for one job: holding water in the skin. We file it under Hydration in this glossary for the job we use it for, and the evidence section below says how far its source goes.

Replenishment in the kelp

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.

Replenishment in the evidence

Our source is a peer reviewed laboratory study, recorded as Yu 2020 PMID 32135255. You can read it yourself at PubMed 32135255. It studied a sugar fragment from this seaweed in skin cells in the laboratory and did not test it on skin, so we grade it as laboratory background on the ingredient.

Replenishment and its limits

The research behind Norwegian Kelp studies the ingredient, not the finished Opuliss product it sits in. 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.