ILIA Beauty vs NIOD

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Research behind their key ingredients

• Benefits of topical hyaluronic acid for skin quality and signs of skin aging: From literature review to clinical evidence

  Sodium hyaluronate · Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

• Effects of glyceryl glucoside on AQP3 expression, barrier function and hydration of human skin

  Glucosides · Skin Pharmacology and Physiology, 2012

• Design, characterization, and clinical evaluation of argan oil nanostructured lipid carriers to improve skin hydration

  Argania spinosa kernel oil · International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2014

• The 24-hour skin hydration and barrier function effects of a hyaluronic 1%, glycerin 5%, and Centella asiatica stem cells extract moisturizing fluid: an intra-subject, randomized, assessor-blinded study

  Glycerin · Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017

• Treatment of xerosis with a topical formulation containing glyceryl glucoside, natural moisturizing factors, and ceramide

  Glucosides · The Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology, 2012

• Efficacy of a topical gel containing chitosan, chlorhexidine, allantoin and dexpanthenol for pain and inflammation control after third molar surgery: A randomized and placebo-controlled clinical trial

  Allantoin · Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral Y Cirugia Bucal, 2020

• Topical application of superoxide dismutase mediated by HIV-TAT peptide attenuates UVB-induced damages in human skin

  Superoxide dismutase · European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 2016

• Botulinum toxin injection as a single or combined treatment with non-cross-linked high molecular weight and low molecular weight hyaluronic acid gel for neck rejuvenation: A randomized clinical trial

  Hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid · Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

• Effects of 1,3-propanediol associated, or not, with butylene glycol and/or glycerol on skin hydration and skin barrier function

  Propanediol · International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2024

• Use of the synthetic superoxide dismutase/catalase mimetic EUK-134 to compensate for seasonal antioxidant deficiency by reducing pre-existing lipid peroxides at the human skin surface

  Superoxide dismutase · International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2004

• Redefining face contour with a novel anti-aging cosmetic product: an open-label, prospective clinical study

  Pseudoalteromonas exopolysaccharides · Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017

• Efficacy and Tolerability of Stable Hybrid Cooperative Complexes of High- and Low-Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid in Asian Patients: An Open-Label Study

  Hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid · Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2026

• Three clinical studies showing the anti-aging benefits of sodium salicylate in human skin

  Sodium salicylate · Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2010

• Efficacy and safety of combination cream of stimu-tex AS™ (spent grain wax, Argania Spinosa Kernel oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (shea butter) extract), and saccharide isomerate after fractional CO2 laser procedure: split-face, double blinded, randomized controlled trial

  Argania spinosa kernel oil · Lasers in Medical Science, 2025

Behind this comparison

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