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UNISKIN
02 · Science & Innovation

Discover. Develop.
Validate.

At UNISKIN, skincare begins as science. We’ve built a complete research system that tracks skin aging from origin to outcome — discovering how skin ages, developing the actives that intervene, and validating every result in clinical practice. Three stages, one continuous loop.

2.1 Technical Foundation

Discover · Develop · Validate — three stages, one continuous loop.

UNISKIN skin-aging database dashboard
Discover
The Biological Anti-Aging System

We map skin aging at its source. UNISKIN built China’s largest skin-aging database from the ground up — 150,000+ skin profiles and 50+ aging-related gene targets — to trace the precise trajectories along which skin ages. This is the foundation everything else is built on.

Biotechnology actives and delivery systems
Develop
Biological Anti-Aging Technology

We turn insight into actives. Guided by those aging trajectories, we engineer targeted functional ingredients — 72 proprietary actives to date — each designed to act on the specific biological mechanism behind a given sign of aging.

Clinical validation study with efficacy data
Validate
Clinical Efficacy Evidence

We prove it where it counts. Every formulation is tested through six years of medical-aesthetic clinical application, generating objective, statistically meaningful efficacy data — held to the same evidentiary standard as clinical medicine.

Skin research → biotechnology → clinical evidence: a closed efficacy loop, where every clinical result feeds back into the database and the science compounds with each cycle.

2.2 Research Achievements

Papers, patents, and the standards we co-write.

A wall of UNISKIN peer-reviewed papers
18
peer-reviewed papers
Published Research

18 papers in leading journals, including CAS Tier-1 titles such as Advanced Functional Materials and Phytomedicine, the pharmaceutics journal Pharmaceutics, and dermatology journals Skin Research and Technology and Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology.

UNISKIN patent certificates and design filings
21
invention patents
Patents

3 proprietary core technologies, backed by an IP portfolio of 21 invention patents, 2 utility-model patents, and 8 design patents.

PDRN/PN industry standard — first in China
3
industry standards
Industry Standards

In partnership with the Chinese Association of Plastics and Aesthetics, UNISKIN co-authored three major anti-aging standards — including the PDRN group standard published in January 2026.

Human Skin Aging Evaluation Standard
Human Skin Aging Evaluation Standard
Non-Invasive Periorbital Anti-Aging Guideline
Non-Invasive Periorbital Anti-Aging Guideline
Featured journals
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Phytomedicine
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Skin Research and Technology
  • Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology
2.3 Research Team

Doctors, scientists, and the labs they run.

An internal R&D team and an external advisory board work in parallel — long-term collaborations with Huashan Hospital Dermatology, J&J JLABS, and other academic and industry institutions.

Expert Advisory Board
  • Dr. Liu Wei
    Authority in Dermatology
    Former Chief Physician, PLA Air Force General Hospital
  • Dr. Xie Shicheng
    Biological Innovation Drug Expert
    Researcher, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
  • Dr. Wang Qianqian
    Clinical Dermatology Expert
    Attending Physician, Huashan Hospital Dermatology
  • Dr. Ma Yanyun
    Skin Biology Expert
    Post-doc, Skin Phenomics Lab, Fudan University
  • Dr. Zhang Jiaheng
    Biopharmaceutical Formulation Expert
    Distinguished Director, Biomaterials Center, CAS Institute of Technology
Research Labs
01
Nobel-Laureate Lab
Bioactive Precision Delivery

Joint research with the Nobel-laureate intelligent-new-materials team at Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) — focused on precision delivery of bioactives and a next-generation intelligent nano-carrier system.

02
Skin Mechanism Foundational Lab
Dermatological Biological Mechanism Research

Deep analysis of the underlying mechanisms of skin aging and barrier imbalance — from inflammation, immunity, and cellular energy to structural support — building a multi-dimensional efficacy evaluation framework.

03
Chemistry & Formulation Lab
Bioactive Ingredient Development & Efficacy Translation

Formula design built on biopharmaceutical principles — engineering stable, structurally precise, high-performing actives, paired with clinical-grade efficacy validation systems.