Robertet's Damasty, an ingestible, polyphenol-rich extract of damask rose (Rosa damascena), reportedly improves skin brightness and evenness.
The company's Grasse, France-based team quantified the technology's antioxidant power on biological tissue using PAOT (Pouvoir AntiOxydant Total).
The results found that one 300 mg capsule of Damasty can reportedly increase the skin’s natural antioxidant defences in women after only one month of daily consumption.
The research involved more than 160 women across four clinical trials, all of which tested the antioxidant power of Damasty on facial skin.
After two months, 100% of subjects purportedly indicated their skin was brighter.
In that time, skin evenness increased by 45%. In addition, the participants' melanin index diminished "significantly more" among those taking Damasty versus a placebo group. That effect actually intensified through the third month of consuymption, per Robertet.
Damasty is derived from water co-extracted with essential oils and hydrolates from damask rose. This water has traditionally been considered waste. It is now collected in stills to produce the skin-brightening ingredient.
