Unique Functional Keratin® Ingredients

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Inner Beauty.

keraGEN-IV®

Overview
keraGEN-IV® is proprietary blend of digestible, bioactive keratins that are rich in cysteine/cysteic acid and trigger the production of collagens IV and VII – the structural collagens in the dermal-epidermal junction of the skin.

Clinically proven to enhance the appearance of skin, hair and nails; keraGEN-IV® is the Next Generation Keratin.
  • Thicker, stronger, shinier hair: keraGEN-IV® promotes stronger anchoring of hair follicles in the scalp, reducing hair fall and improving hair health.

  • Reduction in wrinkle appearance: The dermal epidermal junction of skin naturally thins with age, making the skin more prone to sagging. As collagen degrades over time, the skin’s underlying support structure weakens and wrinkling occurs. keraGEN-IV® triggers the production of structural collagens in the dermal epidermal junction, promoting a reduction in wrinkle appearance and skin ‘crepe-ing’ (including the neck area).

  • Skin with improved elasticity and moisture retention means better appearance with that health glow we all want.

  • Less hair in the hair brush each day means fuller, healthier looking hair with body.

  • Healthier nails: keraGEN-IV® promotes healthy nail growth by providing the right amino acid balance.

  • Flexible, stronger nails means less breaks, better condition and easier care for your nails.

  • Protection against oxidative stress: Glutathione is the master antioxidant, protecting skin and hair from oxidative stress. keraGEN-IV® upregulates glutathione and taurine production, protecting skin and hair against radical induced damage and oxidative stress.
In clinical trials of keraGEN-IV®, participants reported initial benefits within 30 days of use, including visible reductions in wrinkle appearance, improved skin suppleness, increased hair strength and shine, and marked reduction in nail brittleness.

keraGEN-IV® is non-GMO, vegetarian, halal certified and is sourced from 100% natural, renewable sheep wool. keraGEN-IV® is available as a free-flowing powder for tablets and capsules and is regulated in the USA as a dietary supplement.

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Personal Care.

CoreTX-pep™

Overview
CoreTx-pep™ contains novel wool cortex peptides that permanently bind to damaged hair and nails to increase their integrity. The healing effects of these peptides on skin cells also provide sustained improvements in skin moisturisation and elasticity.

CoreTx-pep™ aqueous solution provides functional bioactivity and efficacy, and is the ideal choice for hair, skin and nail applications.
  • Healing Damaged Hair: CoreTx-pep™ improves the moisturisation and tensile properties of bleached hair, and provides a 33% improvement in extension and flexibility in UV exposed hair.

  • Stronger, longer nails: CoreTx-pep™ improves the condition of damaged nails, and maintains the integrity and cohesion of nails by penetrating, binding and ultimately reforming the disulphide bonds. It also protect nails from solvent damage.

  • Hydrated, supple skin: CoreTx-pep™ improves skin moisturisation, provides an improved barrier for damaged skin, and demonstrates sustained improvement in skin hydration and elasticity.
CoreTx-pep™ leads to specific performance benefits in hair care, skin care and nail care; allowing the development of performance-based claims backed by scientific research.

CoreTx-pep™ is non-GMO, halal certified and is sourced from 100% natural, renewable sheep wool. CoreTx-pep™ is available as an aqueous solution that is easily introduced into your formulation.

FK Protect Plus™

Overview
FK Protect Plus™ shields healthy hair from damage by providing a natural, protective film that acts as a sacrificial layer.

FK Protect Plus™ is recovered from wool using a mild process that results in a high molecular weight soluble keratin protein. This natural form of protein is biocompatible with human hair and can arrange itself into stable, cohesive films on the hair follicle; taking advantage of three-dimensional interactions of amino acids within the native protein chains.
  • Film Forming: FK Protect Plus™ forms a natural film over the hair to protect the fiber exterior from environmental aggressors such as pollution and UV light.

  • Moisture Sealing: The film can seal in the moisture of healthy hair, locking in its natural water content and retaining flexibility.

  • Smoothing: The fiber surface in smoothed by addition of a continuous, glossy protein layer conveying conditioning benefits

  • Protection against oxidative stress: FK Protect Plus™ has a strong antioxidant potential (222 micromol TEAC/100ml) arising from its unique active cystine component. The antioxidant activity enables it to scavenge free radicals at the point of formation. This provides additional protection against the force multiplying damage of UV combined with pollution.
FK Protect Plus™ is non-GMO, halal certified and is sourced from 100% natural, renewable sheep wool. FK Protect Plus™ is available in bulk solution with detailed formulation guides to add real benefits to your everyday hair care products.

FK Restore™

Overview
FK Restore™ restores damaged hair by providing a full spectrum hair care ingredient.

FK Restore™ is a proprietary blend of keratin proteins that are closer in form and function to human hair than any other material previously produced, enabling the reversal of hair damage. FK Restore™ penetrates the cortex of damaged hair to nourish, strengthen, reduce breakage and restore hair structure.
  • Repairs damaged hair: Chemically treated is more brittle. FK Restore™ repairs damaged hair close to virgin state and binds strongly to exterior of damaged hair with 80% reduction in breakage.

  • Anti-Aging: Aging in hair can be caused by environmental factors like pollution and UV exposure, resulting in free-radical damage. FK Restore™ provides naturally high cystine content (4.3mol%) that provides a sacrificial shield against aging activity and the scavenging of radicals.

  • Moisturises and strengthens: The low molecular weight peptides in FK Restore™ can penetrate the cortex of hair resulting in internal repair and moisturization. FK Restore™ strengthens chemically treated hair, resulting in 52% stronger hair.

  • Improves Shine and Color: FK Repair™ improves shine and condition with 67% reduction in color fade.
FK Repair™ is non-GMO, halal certified and is sourced from 100% natural, renewable sheep wool. FK Repair™ is available in bulk solution and can be formulated into a broad range of everyday haircare systems.

FK Scalp™

Overview
FK Scalp™ is a salon quality ingredient that delivers healthy scalps for beautiful, healthy hair.

FK Scalp™ is specifically formulated to improve scalp health by providing pollution protection and promoting follicle health. Scalp care is essential because it determines the health and condition of hair. Our increasingly complex lifestyles and the adverse effects of pollution are showing greater incidence of hair and scalp related problems such as hair loss, hair damage, dandruff and itchy scalp.

FK Scalp™ is the result of many years of research and understanding the impact of bio-active keratin on both skin and hair. Wound care research has established elements of how these bioactive proteins can stimulate healing, cell growth and antioxidant production. Combined with strong research findings in hair care and skin care, Keraplast’s portfolio of world class research has led to a product ideally matched to the emerging issue of scalp health in industrialised societies.
  • Improved follicle health and hair anchoring: FK Scalp’s™ protein and peptide combination stimulates skin cells to proliferate by up to 160% faster than a placebo while simultaneously promoting the expression of collagen IV, thus improving the anchoring and health of follicles. This promotes scalp health through the quicker replacement of cells and hair health with improved follicle strength significantly reducing hair fall while improving hair strength.

  • Protection from scalp inflammation: FK Scalp’s™ anti-inflammatory agent reduces the PGE2 response in cells undergoing inflammatory stress by up to 70%; reducing scalp inflammation, itching and premature hair follicle death. This reduction in PGE2 response enables maintenance of root nourishment and hair density.

  • Pollution and UV protection: FK Scalp™ protects the scalp from exposure to oxidative stress from pollution such as particulate matter, gases like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, as well as heavy metals and volatile organic compounds. FK Scalp™ contains higher levels of cystine than any other protein material, scavenging free radicals before they cause scalp damage.
Clinical research into FK Scalp™ was conducted using the Laboratoire BIO-EC ex-vivo model to study human skin response to air pollution. This research demonstrated improved hair anchoring and follicle health, protection of scalp and follicle from pollution damage, and prevention of hair fall.

FK Scalp™ is non-GMO, halal certified and is sourced from 100% natural, renewable sheep wool. FK Scalp™ is available in solution and is well suited for the formulation of salon treatments and tonics.

FK Repair Ultra™

Overview
FK Repair Ultra™ is a salon quality ingredient that repairs damaged hair and reduces color fade.

FK Repair Ultra™ is recovered from New Zealand sheep wool using a mild process, resulting in a uniquely Oxidised Keratin that is 91% homologous to human hair. This allows multiple forms of bonding within damaged fibers that mimic natural interactions. Our Oxidised Keratin is able to bond exceptionally well with damaged hair, actually healing the damage.

FK Repair Ultra™ significantly reduces color fade and leads to hair that feels better and looks better for longer. A sensorial panel reported that FK Repair Ultra™ creates hair that is better nourished, stronger, shinier and softer.
  • Improves the strength of colored hair: FK Repair Ultra™ increases the tensile strength of colored hair by 26%.

  • Moisturises damaged hair: FK Repair Ultra™ increases moisture by 20% relative to undamaged hair when used in a bleach process.

  • Decreases breakage: FK Repair Ultra™ decreases the brittleness caused by color and bleaching. FK Repair Ultra™ decreases breakage of coloured hair by 82%, and decreases breakage of permanently treated hair by 50%.

  • Decreases color fade: When FK Repair Ultra™ is used in a permanent color process it reduces color fade by 55%.
FK Repair Ultra™ is vegetarian certified, non-GMO, halal certified and is sourced from 100% natural, renewable sheep wool. FK Repair Ultra™ is available in solution and is well suited for the formulation of salon treatments and tonics.

Cynergy TK™

Overview

Cynergy TK™ is a powerful bioactive ingredient featuring a unique combination of keratin peptides and intermediate filament proteins, delivering exceptional efficacy in skincare applications. It helps reduce wrinkles, improve skin smoothness, boost hydration, decrease redness, and enhance antioxidant protection. Cynergy TK™ also activates the mTOR pathway within cells, promoting the synthesis of structural proteins such as collagen in the extracellular matrix.

  • Cynergy TK™ promotes the proliferation of healthy skin cells, replacing damaged cells and
    regenerating collagen protein. Cell proliferation has been shown to increase by 160%.

  • Stimulated skin cells support the natural protein structure improving skin smoothness and
    helping to bind moisture. This leads to a noticeable improvement in youthful skin properties
    including a 27% improvement in skin smoothness and a 25% wrinkle reduction (long term).

  • Cynergy TK™ reduces redness associated with inflammation or sensitive skin by reducing
    PGE2 production, the major biochemical pathway leading to inflammation and redness in
    the skin. PGE2 levels have been shown to reduce by 70% with the use of Cynergy TK™.

  • Cynergy TK™ contains highly potent antioxidants that promote the body’s own natural
    antioxidant activity and protect against pollution and UV induced free radical damage.

Cynergy TK™ is vegetarian certified, non-GMO, halal certified and is sourced from 100% natural,
renewable sheep wool. Cynergy TK™ is available in solution and is well suited for the formulation of
skin care products.