Tech accelerates 3d-printed innovations in skincare
Implications - The 3d-printing industry has entered the skincare space, with researchers and brands creating everything from 3d-printed skin to customized bandages. With personalization in the skincare industry being increasingly important for consumers, the hyper-customization factor that 3d-printing allows enables consumers the exact type of care they need and want.
Workshop Question - How could your brand hyper-customize an element of its product/service?
Trend Themes
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3D Bioprinting — Technology is opening up new frontiers in skincare by enabling the creation of everything from 3D-printed skin to customized bandages using 3D bioprinting.
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Personalized Skincare — Hyper-customization factor that 3D-printing allows is enabling consumers to get exact type of care they need and want, hence bolstering the demand for personalized skincare solutions.
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Multimasking — Multimasking creating a colorful patchwork of targeted skincare solutions across face is giving rise to specific ingredients for various areas of concern.
Industry Implications
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Healthcare — The use of new technologies like 3D bioprinting in creating artificial skin, organs and bones, polymers-based injection, and dissolving microneedles in healthcare industry is a new growth frontier.
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Beauty — The hyper-customization factor that 3D-printing allows, personalized skincare, efficient multimasking and 3D-printed face masks is revolutionizing the beauty industry.
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Manufacturing — Using 3D bioprinting and 3D-printing to manufacture skincare products is opening up new market opportunities for manufacturing companies.
