Category
Fashion
Scaled Restraint
4.4
Trend score
Trend
What is the Printed Skin trend?
Printed Skin: 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.
Trend themes
Themes within the Printed Skin trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
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.
02
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.
03
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
What the Printed Skin trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
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.
For
Beauty
The hyper-customization factor that 3D-printing allows, personalized skincare, efficient multimasking and 3D-printed face masks is revolutionizing the beauty industry.
For
Manufacturing
Using 3D bioprinting and 3D-printing to manufacture skincare products is opening up new market opportunities for manufacturing companies.
Workshop question
How could your brand hyper-customize an element of its product/service?
Trend signals
Trend signals for Printed Skin
Trend score 4.4 out of 10, from popularity 61%, activity 61%, freshness 8%.
Popularity61%
Activity61%
Freshness8%
Audience
30%Men
70%Women
- Gen Alpha (not a primary audience)
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X
- Boomer
Market
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific
Evidence
Examples of the Printed Skin trend
6 featured examples from Jan 13, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019CategoryFashion
3D-Printed Face Masks
Neutrogena MaskiD is Set to Be Introduced at CES 2019
The beauty industry can capitalize on 3D-printing technology to create custom, targeted face masks for consumers.
CategoryTech
Dissolvable Micro-Needles
Researchers Have Developed a 3D-Printed Dissolving Microneedle Array
Opportunity to utilize dissolvable microneedle technology to develop more innovative and patient-friendly drug delivery systems.
CategoryTech
3D-Printed Skin
Shanghai's JALA Group Created Artificial Skin with Additive Manufacturing
The advancement of bioprinting technology has the potential to disrupt healthcare by enabling the creation of 3D-printed organs and tissues.
CategoryLifestyle
Compact Skin Printers
This Handheld Device Can Print Skin on Wounds to Speed Up Healing
Compact skin printers have the potential to revolutionize the medical technology industry by providing faster and more efficient wound healing solutions.
CategoryTech
Living Tissue-Creating Printers
The CELLINK 'BIO X' 3D Bioprinting Device Prints with Living Cells
Biotechnology companies can leverage bioprinting advancements to develop innovative solutions for regenerative medicine.
CategoryTech
Custom-Printed Bandages
Temple University Developed a Method for Making 3D-Printed Bandages
The healthcare industry can leverage 3D printing technology to create personalized bandages that optimize patient care and healing outcomes.
