Acetyl hexapeptide-8: chains of six amino acids
Acetyl hexapeptide-8: chains of six amino acids. Own illustration.

iPEPTIDE®

Acetyl hexapeptide-8

Helps make dark circles less visible.

  • INCIWater (and) Glycerin (and) Caprylyl Glycol (and) Acetyl Hexapeptide-8
  • What it ispeptide
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Why it is in there

A peptide of six amino acids (Ac-EEMQRR-NH₂), rebuilt in the lab after a fragment of the protein SNAP-25, which takes part in muscle contraction. It was designed for the skin around the eyes and the forehead.

Bron: Blanes-Mira et al., International Journal of Cosmetic Science 2002

Where it comes from

A lab-built peptide that behaves like one of the body's own signalling substances.

What is known

On the label this active ingredient appears as acetyl hexapeptide-8.

A peptide is a short chain of amino acids. What the manufacturer measured with it is below; it is about the active ingredient, not about our night cream.

What the maker measured

The manufacturer measured with a cream containing 3% of this peptide, in people sleeping five to six hours a night: 12% fewer dark circles under the eyes after seven days and 19% fewer after 28 days. How many people took part, and their age, is not stated in the documentation we were able to consult.

This is research into the active, not into the Valvor Man product. What a single active does in a study is not a promise about the cream it sits in.

Bron: Product documentation from the manufacturer of the ingredient

About the research

Supplier study with a cream in people who slept only briefly, focused on the skin around the eyes. The number, sex and age of the participants were not published. The research was not done with the Night Cream: an identical dosage says something about the formula, not about the outcome with this product.

In our formula: 3% iPEPTIDE® — the same dosage as in the cream that was studied Bron: Formulation documentation, owner 24-09-2026

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