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Guest Episode: J.C. Dombrowski on Exosome Scams, Ingredient Marketing Lies, and How to Actually Read a Skincare Claim
Most skincare marketing is built on a foundation of real science stretched just far enough to become fiction. A cell study becomes a product claim. An ingredient supplier's dossier becomes a brand's clinical proof. And somewhere along the way, consumers end up paying $200 for a moisturizer that contains something the company cannot prove exists.
J.C. Dombrowski came to skincare through a genuinely unusual path: a background in marine biology and shark conservation, a stint studying the biomedical applications of spider venom, then R&D work at Amorepacific on brands like Laneige, Innisfree…
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