Copper

What to combine copper with

Ingredient	Together	How to use them
Vitamin C	Keep apart	Apply vitamin C in the morning and copper peptides at night, because combining them directly makes both ingredients less effective on skin. Copper and vitamin C
Bio-placenta peptides	Keep apart	Use them on alternate nights, with peptides one night and copper the next, to keep your skin glowing. Copper and bio-placenta peptides
Hexapeptide	Keep apart	Use them on alternate nights, applying copper first and hexapeptide later, because they can cancel each other out. Copper and hexapeptide
Acetyl hexapeptide-3	Keep apart	Use them on alternate nights, applying copper peptides on even days and acetyl hexapeptide-3 on odd days, to get the best results. Copper and acetyl hexapeptide-3
Collagen peptide	Keep apart	Use them on alternate nights, applying copper peptides on one evening and vitamin C or niacinamide on the next. Copper and collagen peptide
Copper peptide	Keep apart	Use them on alternate nights, applying copper peptides first, because they clash and cancel each other out. Copper and copper peptide
Hexapeptide-9	Keep apart	Use them on alternate nights because they cancel each other out when applied together. Copper and hexapeptide-9
Peptide-rich plasma	Keep apart	Use them on alternate nights, applying copper first and peptides second, to prevent them from canceling each other out. Copper and peptide-rich plasma
Triple peptide blend	Keep apart	Apply them on alternate nights because using them together stops them from working properly. Copper and triple peptide blend
Palmitoyl pentapeptide-4	Keep apart	Use them on alternate nights, applying copper peptides on even days and palmitoyl pentapeptide-4 on odd days, because they cancel each other out. Copper and palmitoyl pentapeptide-4
Palmitoyl tripeptide-1	Keep apart	Use them on alternate nights, applying copper first and then palmitoyl tripeptide-1, because they can cancel each other out. Copper and palmitoyl tripeptide-1

From the ingredient rules behind the "Works well with" and "Don't mix with" notes on every product in the Lovi app.

Questions and answers

Research on copper

• Efficacy and safety of moisturizer containing 5% panthenol, madecassoside, and copper-zinc-manganese versus 0.02% triamcinolone acetonide cream in decreasing adverse reaction and downtime after ablative fractional carbon dioxide laser resurfacing: A split-face, double-blinded, randomized, controlled trial

  Copper · Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2019

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