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| Anti-Wrinkle Cream for All Ages: Innovation by Pharmacy Students at the Faculty of Health Sciences (Fikes) UMM (Photo: Special) |
Having beautiful and healthy skin is a dream for everyone, but the increase in free radicals in the skin nowadays is causing premature aging, which is a significant issue. In response to this concern, a team of students from Muhammadiyah Malang University (UMM) has created an innovation to prevent the aging process in the skin by developing a beauty product that utilizes antioxidants.
Interestingly, this innovation was approved for funding through the Student Creativity Program (PKM) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology. It has been tested and achieved excellent results, with wrinkles in teenagers starting to fade after just seven days of use.
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The team members are Fitrotun Nazizah, Febri Nadirsyah Zaini, Qurrotul Aini, Angelica Lily Kusuma, and Sa’idah Nur Halisa, who are students of the Pharmacy Program at the Faculty of Health Sciences (Fikes) UMM. Fitrotun Nazizah explained that they used Glutathione as the main antioxidant ingredient. This is because Glutathione is effective in removing free radicals and protecting the body from pollutants.
“Glutathione is also good for reducing wrinkles and dark spots, and it is more easily absorbed into the skin due to the addition of a delivery system with low permeability,” she said.
She further explained that the delivery system in question uses several active ingredients to penetrate the stratum corneum effectively, including phospholipids, surfactants, and sodium hyaluronate. Because the delivery system is made from polymers, it makes the sodium hyaluronate-based delivery system more effective in controlling the release of active ingredients compared to other vesicles.
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“In the product testing, hyalub transfersome glutathione was the independent variable and stability testing using the cycling test method was the dependent variable. Thus, we found that the hyalub transfersome with glutathione as the active ingredient has the most optimal formula for an anti-wrinkle cream,” explained Pipit.
Remarkably, the innovation they have developed has not yet been researched with a focus on creams using delivery systems. With this innovation, it is hoped that it can help people care for their skin using creams with natural ingredients that are safe for all age groups.
“Nowadays, there are many beauty products available on the market, so people need to be more selective in choosing these products. Moreover, with the high levels of pollution, it is essential to be more diligent in maintaining skin health,” she advised. (ri/faq/fajr)
