Trends & Culture1 September 2026

Those Interleukin Numbers in Skincare Ads, Decoded

NewBeauty put the interleukin numbers that turn up in treatment advertising to a panel of dermatologists. It is a useful piece because the numbers are real immunology being used as marketing texture: they matter enormously for prescription biologics in eczema and psoriasis, and they mean close to nothing printed on a cosmetic serum. A figure with no unit and no reference is branding wearing a lab coat.

Tagged: Marketing claims · Topicals · Evidence

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