A UNIVERSITY of Strathclyde spin-out company which has raised two funding rounds from FTSE100 firm Croda International is poised to unveil its prototype technology next week at the In-Cosmetics global trade show in Paris.
Cutitronics has created a suite of patented technologies and software it says can analyse a customer’s skin and then dispense the right amount of beauty products and cosmetics for their specific need.
The beauty tech firm said the device and smartphone app can be tailored to suit any brand, giving skincare and cosmetic companies the chance to create a package to suit each customer’s skin.
It said its technologies are disruptive and poised to usher in an age of “personalised skincare”.
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Dr David Heath, founder and chief executive at Cutitronics, said: “Our CutiTron technology is like a Fitbit for the skin. It opens the door to personalised skincare for brands and their customers.
“Our prototype can analyse the hydration of a customer’s skin and draw on a wide range of external information, such as their location, the outside temperature and the humidity in the air.”
Mr Heath, above, added: “This is just the tip of the personalised beauty iceberg.
"Our technologies can be tailored to offer different services for different brands.
"As well as dispensing the brand’s products to their customers, our technology can also gather information that the customer can choose to send back to the brand.”
As part of his doctorate and subsequent research work in biomedical engineering at the University of Strathclyde, Mr Heath investigated how drugs could be delivered through the skin.
He said his investigations led him to realise that the same principles could be applied in the beauty and cosmetics industry.
Sandra Breene, of Croda, said: “David and his team have created a really innovative technology that’s going to disrupt the beauty market.”
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