{"id":48971,"date":"2025-12-03T16:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/heptapeptide-18\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:01:13","slug":"heptapeptide-18","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/heptapeptide-18\/","title":{"rendered":"HEPTAPEPTIDE-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredient type:<\/strong>HUMECTANT\/WATER-SOLUBLE<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: Heptapeptide-18 is a peptide designed to improve skin elasticity and firmness. By stimulating the synthesis of collagen and other structural proteins, it helps reduce the appearance of wrinkles and revitalize skin, giving it a more youthful, toned appearance. <\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Water-soluble <\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2695\ufe0f Safety: this ingredient is generally considered safe for most skin types, although a skin tolerance test is always advisable.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Yes, this ingredient is generally synthetic and suitable for vegan formulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Worth knowing: Peptides, like Heptapeptide-18, are often used in synergy with other active ingredients to maximize their effectiveness. It is suitable for mature skin or skin showing signs of aging. People with reactive skin should take care and test products containing this ingredient before use.<\/p>\n<p>  Present in: Mainly used in anti-aging serums, firming creams, and sometimes in eye contours for its smoothing and firming properties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comedogenic rating:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"class_list":["post-48971","ingredient","type-ingredient","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient\/48971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ingredient"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}