Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12
goodie
Also-called-like-this: Biopeptide El, pal-VGVAPG, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide (old name)
What-it-does:
cell-communicating ingredient
A six amino acid peptide that is claimed to improve firmness and skin tone. Its amino acid sequence is Val-Gly-Val-Ala-Pro-Gly that is also called the "spring fragment" and is repeated six times in the important skin protein, elastin molecule.
The manufacturer made a double-blind, one-month long clinical study on 10 women and found that twice a day application of 4% Biopeptide El improved skin firmness by 33% and skin tone by 20%.