Ingredients Barrier repair Plant Exosomes
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Tier · Anecdotal evidence
Barrier repair · Anti-aging

Plant Exosomes

INCI: Centella Asiatica Induced Extracellular Vesicles · Also called: Cica Exosomes, Plant-derived Extracellular Vesicles, PEVs

Highly biocompatible "cellular messengers" that literally tell your skin cells to stop panicking and start repairing. Excellent for severe redness and compromised barriers.

For your skin

Highly biocompatible "cellular messengers" that literally tell your skin cells to stop panicking and start repairing. Excellent for severe redness and compromised barriers.

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Mechanism of action

Nano-sized signaling vesicles derived from plant cells (primarily Centella Asiatica) that act as intercellular messengers to suppress inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, TNF-alpha) and accelerate tissue repair.

Why we tier this anecdotal

2 cited papers across 2 countries. Most of what's cited here is mechanism-level or in-vitro work. We track this as Anecdotal until controlled clinical trials accumulate.

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Korea
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International

Cited research

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Park HS, Shin S, Clinical Efficacy and Safety Evaluation of a Centella asiatica (CICA)-Derived Extracellular Vesicle Formulation for Anti-Aging Skincare, Cosmetics 2025;12(4):135 — two-week human instrumental study of a topical CICA-EV ampoule: mean pore area -17.9%, pore density -26.9%, surface roughness -9.0%; 24h patch test on 30 subjects non-irritating

2025Positive — efficacyDOI:10.3390/cosmetics12040135View source ↗
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Chang TM, Wu CC, Huang HC, Wang SS, Chuang CH, Kao PL, Tang WH, Liu LT, Qiu WY, Percec I, Chen C, Kuo TY, In Vitro Characterization of Centella asiatica Extracellular Vesicles and Their Skin Repair Effects in a UVB-Irradiated Mouse Model, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2025 — in-vitro + mouse model: Centella-derived EVs upregulated collagen (COL1A1) and reduced UVB damage markers; molecular/animal mechanism, not a human efficacy trial

2025Mechanism onlyPMID:41009551View source ↗

Sources: PubMed · KCI · J-Stage · CNKI · Wanfang · SFD · MFDS · Cochrane · SCCS · CIR. Every entry points to a specific document. See methodology for what each outcome label means.