Science
Hyperpigmentation is not a stain on the surface. It is a pigment cell that keeps being told to work. Cyspera was built around that cell, by the team that first stabilized cysteamine for the skin.
Melanocytes sit in the deepest layer of the epidermis. They make melanin, pack it into small granules, and pass it up through long arms called dendrites to the skin cells above. That pigment is protection: it shields the cells from light.
In healthy skin, the melanocyte makes pigment on demand, then slows down. Hyperpigmentation begins when it stops slowing down.
Most products treat dark patches as a pigment problem. The research describes a loop: triggers alert the skin, the skin answers with low grade inflammation, and that inflammation keeps the melanocyte switched on. Quiet one link and the other two restart it.
Espósito et al. Update on Melasma, Part I: Pathogenesis. Dermatology and Therapy, 2022;12(9):1967 to 1988.
This is why a single active rarely holds the result. It quiets one driver while the other two restart the loop.
Cysteamine is an aminothiol the body produces on its own. It modulates excess pigment production at several steps rather than one, and it helps restore the antioxidant balance that pigment flares depend on. It is the core of every Cyspera correction step.
An aminothiol produced naturally in human cells, not a synthetic bleaching agent.
Acts at more than one point of melanin production, so the melanocyte has fewer ways around it.
Supports the skin's own antioxidant defenses, which drop during pigment flares.
Cysteamine works fast. A brief contact time, then rinsing, keeps it comfortable through months of use.
Studied in melasma and other forms of hyperpigmentation, with a tolerability suited to repeated cycles and maintenance. Data on file.
Cysteamine is unstable in a formula. Scientis, in Geneva, was the first to stabilize it for use on the skin.
The complex at the heart of Cyspera is patented, not a generic ingredient.
Formulated and produced by the people who developed it.
A multi pathway platform: each active is matched to one point of the cycle, so the loop is addressed from three sides at once.
Oral. A blend of plant derived bioactives that supports the body's own regulation of pigment signaling, and its antioxidant defenses against UV induced oxidative stress.
From plants used in traditional African medicine, studied for its soothing and antioxidant properties. Targets the low grade inflammation behind persistence and recurrence, and supports barrier recovery.
Modulates excess melanin production at several steps, with a tolerability suited to repeated cycles and long term maintenance.
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Total Skin is a first in class oral solution for pigment correction. It addresses pigment directly, it helps prevent the triggers that cause excess pigment in the skin, and it supports repair.
No. It does not work by damaging the pigment cells. It reduces how much excess pigment they produce, so your natural tone stays and only the excess fades.
Hydroquinone blocks one step of pigment production and is used in short courses with breaks. Cysteamine is a molecule the body already makes, acts on several steps, and is used daily for sixteen weeks, then as maintenance.
Cysteamine works fast and oxidizes in contact with air. A short contact time, then rinsing, gives the skin what it needs while keeping tolerance high over months.
Cysteamine is a sulfur molecule, and sulfur has a scent. It fades once the product is rinsed.
Part of the loop starts inside: oxidative stress and inflammation that a cream cannot reach. Total Skin works on that side of the cycle, which is what changes how often pigmentation comes back.
Cyspera is formulated for all skin tones. Deeper skin is more prone to marks left by irritation, so build the contact time slowly and keep other actives out of the same evening.
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