Promises and Future of Bioprinting Technic in Cosmetic Evaluation
Maité Rielland,
Advanced Research Engineer, Methods and Predictive Models,
L’Oréal
Since the 80s, a long time before the 2013 European Union ban on animal
testing for cosmetic products, L’Oréal has placed itself as a pioneer
for reconstructed human skin. It became one of the first cosmetic
companies testing its raw materials/actives/formulations on in-house
reconstructed human skin and now selling them through Episkin, our
production company in Lyon, France. Bioprinting is a great alternative
to create new models of skin with a complexity that cannot be achieved
only by human hands. One of the biggest potential advantages of this
technology is the ability to place cells or biological material where it
needs to be placed, opening a few doors for tissue engineering. It will
be a tool for screening and model construction in the next few years
and is already pushing us to think 3D in vitro models and Tissue
Engineering differently.
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