Mainebiz - Skin care startup looks to a familiar Maine source for ingredient — lobster

By Patrick Breeding

Young man holding a banded lobster at a Maine fishing dock, with boats and harbor buildings in the background.

"Two University of Maine graduate students discovered, on a hunch, that a protein derived from lobster could calm the dry, itchy flare-up of eczema..."

Great story on Marin by Laurie Schreiber at Mainebiz! 

Read the full article, here - https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/skin-care-startup-looks-to-a-familiar-maine-source-for-ingredient-lobster


Man at a marina holding a live lobster with fishing boats and docks in the background

1 comment

  • Cheryl on

    Is it possible to get a full list of the ingredients? I realize that it has lobster in it, but I need to know all the ingredients because I have several sensitivities that I wouldn’t want to just use some thing without knowing what’s in it. Thank you for any help you can give.

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