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Women in STEM: Nicole Ho
Nicole Ho Formulation ChemistNicole is our newest scientist at FACTORFIVE Skincare, hired in October 2020 as our formulation chemist to bring all of our new skincare product formulation in-house.When and...

How We Get Stem Cell Conditioned Media Into Our Skincare
FACTORFIVE's chief scientific officer Dr. David Stachura talks about where we get our Adipose Derived Stem Cells (ADSCs) and how we use ADSCs to create the human stem cell conditioned...

How Adipose Derived Stem Cells (ADSCs) Repair and Heal the Skin
FACTORFIVE cell culture specialist Payton Laurie talks about how Adipose Derived Stem Cells (ADSCs) help repair the skin, and how utilizing this natural biological process makes our skincare so effective....

Video: Basic Skin Biology & The Types of Stem Cells
FACTORFIVE’s cell culture specialist Kristen Rueb talks about some basic skin biology, the different types of stem cells, and what type of stem cells we use in our skincare.

Adipose Derived Stem Cells vs. Fibroblasts
Now that you know what growth factors are, you may be wondering: what about other kinds of growth factors? One of the most common sources of growth factors is a cell...

Growth Factors and Skincare
By now you know that ADSCs express growth factors to help your skin heal and remodel, but what is a growth factor? And where do growth factors come from? Growth...

Healing, Skin Remodeling, and Skincare
Here at FACTORFIVE Skincare, we use adult Adipose Derived Stem Cells (ADSCs) not only because they are ethical, but because when it comes to skin renewal, they perform best. Based...

Skin Biology 101
In order to understand stem cells in skincare, you have to understand some basic skin biology. As the body’s largest organ, skin is the first and most important line of...