{"id":236070,"date":"2026-04-27T00:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/elc-is-investing-in-technology-to-fight-sugars-impact-on-skin\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T01:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:10:08","slug":"elc-is-investing-in-technology-to-fight-sugars-impact-on-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/elc-is-investing-in-technology-to-fight-sugars-impact-on-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"ELC is investing in technology to fight sugar’s impact on skin"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELC is investing in technology to fight sugar’s impact on skin<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.glossy.co\/beauty\/the-estee-lauder-companies-is-investing-in-skin-care-technology-to-fight-sugars-impact-on-skin-for-new-longevity-offerings\/?utm_campaignu003dglossydisu0026utm_mediumu003drssu0026utm_sourceu003dgeneral-rss<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-27 00:58:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Est\u00e9e Lauder Companies\u2019 research team has been busy proving a new connection between everyday sugar consumption and skin aging. Now, this discovery is set to impact the conglomerate\u2019s new product pipeline and marketing initiatives on existing products.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c[We discovered] major cellular impact, right on the skin cells [after less than two weeks of sugar exposure],\u201d Claude Saliou, Est\u00e9e Lauder Companies SVP of advanced technologies, global clinical and consumer sciences, told Glossy. \u201cIt was quite surprising to see, actually, how profound and quick those changes were happening.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Published last week in the \u201cInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences,\u201d ELC\u2019s newest peer-reviewed study documents a new connection between cellular exposure to fructose, an everyday sugar common in most American diets, and the body\u2019s internal responses that age the skin, like inflammation, slowed cellular repair and the development of senescent cells, known among savvy skin-care shoppers as \u201czombie cells.\u201d<\/p>\n

Researchers have long understood that excess sugar in the bloodstream can bind to collagen, creating a stiffening effect on the skin, Saliou said.\u00a0\u201cBut what was not as clearly established is how the skin cells are behaving under this type of stress,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re actually really surprised to see how it has quite a profound impact on skin-cell behavior.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Saliou has spent 25 years in personal care-focused research and development, including 13 years at Johnson & Johnson followed by the last 12 at ELC.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The in vitro study was written by six in-house ELC researchers and found \u201chigh fructose levels affect many critical skin functions that contribute to the aging process and recapitulate several aspects of aging related to AGE [advanced glycation end products].\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The body becomes less and less sophisticated at processing and disposing of excess sugar in the blood as we age, Saliou told Glossy. As we know, elevated blood…<\/p>\n

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