Nanotechnology in Cosmetics

This week reading about nanotechnology used in cosmetics, there are quite a few makeup products that are proven more effective with the help of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology solves two main problems associated with cosmetics, first is delivery. In order to get the best effects, nutrients and vitamins should be delivered to where it is needed the most. Conventional cosmetics lacks this property. Next is prolong effects, nanotechnology helps make the products lasts longer. Consumers are willing to pay higher price for something that lasts. 

The most common product in cosmetics that uses nanotechnology is sunscreens. The particles used in sunscreens are zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. The use of these nanoparticles makes the sunscreen transparent and less greasy.

 

There are other cosmetics such as skin moisturizers, anti-wrinkle products, skin cleansers, and hair products that benefits from nanotechnology. 

My idea for this week is using these nanoparticles to target brown spots. Brown spots or Age spots are caused primarily by years of exposure to UV light from the sun. 

Nowadays there are laser technology to remove these age spots. But looking at the potential that nanotechnology has, I believe there is a way to incorporate nanoparticles that treat brown spots into every day night cream. So instead of having to get laser or other kinds of surgery, using the night cream every day will help lighten and make age spots disappear. I thought about this idea abacus age spots aren’t just the tiny layer on top of the skin, it penetrates deeply into the skin, and what the human eye can see from skin surface could just be quarter size of what is underneath the skin. Reading about the use of nanotechnology in cosmetics, it seems promising that by targeting brown spots and bringing the “medication” needed to lighten it directly to the problem area, the results will be less painful than laser surgery. 

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