Topical Peptides

Topical Copper Peptide Serum for Skin Repair

GHK-Cu and hyaluronic acid — from the brand you already know for hydrocolloid, now working on the layer underneath.

Three layers. Three jobs.

Hydrocolloid pulls the breakout out. Copper peptides work on what it leaves behind. The balm seals the lot in.

01 On the surface
Zyntra Hydrocolloid Roll

Hydrocolloid Roll

It's the same medical-grade hydrocolloid that's inside a pimple patch — sold by the foot instead of by the dot. You cut the piece; the spot decides the size.

Two rolls for $39.99. You decide how many patches that is — a long strip for a jawline, a speck for the side of your nose.

Works in Overnight
Reach for it The night a spot shows up
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02 Below it
GHK-Cu Copper Peptide Serum with GHK-Cu + Hyaluronic Acid

Copper Peptide Serum

Copper peptides work in the layer underneath — on the texture and the marks a breakout leaves behind. Weeks, not overnight.

Not one for mid-breakout. Copper peptides are for the calmer stretch afterwards, which is most of the month.

Works over 6–8 weeks
Reach for it Daily, once it's calm
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03 Over the top
GHK-Cu Copper Glow Peptide Face Cream

GHK-Cu Tallow Balm

Grass-fed tallow whipped with GHK-Cu. This is the seal-it-in step — it goes on last, over the serum, and stops the rest of your routine evaporating off overnight.

Straight answer: tallow is rich, and rich isn't right for everyone. If you're oily or breaking out right now, skip this one and stay with the first two.

Goes on Last, at night
Best for Dry or tight skin
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Most people start with one and add the next when they're ready. If you'd rather not guess, the quiz picks for you in about sixty seconds.

Zyntra Face Towels box on a stone counter with folded towels beside it

Every wash

the step nobody thinks about.

You just spent ten minutes cleaning your face. Then you dried it on a towel that's been hanging in a warm bathroom since Tuesday.

  1. One towel, once

    Each one comes out of the box clean, does its job, and goes in the bin. Nothing gets hung up damp and used again on Thursday.

  2. Thick enough to pat, not drag

    Soft, dual-sided and compostable. You blot instead of rubbing — which is what you want on skin that's already irritated, and especially around a patch you're about to put on.

  3. Not only for drying

    Taking makeup off, applying toner, wiping down after you've cut a patch to size. 50 to a box, and most people go through more than they expect.

We're not going to tell you your bath towel is causing your acne — nobody has actually shown that. What we'll say is that a fresh one costs pennies and takes one variable out of the routine.

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better skin takes time — we hope you stay the course.

One bottle lasts about two months, used morning and night. Copper peptides are cumulative, so the routine only works if it doesn't stop. Subscribe and the next bottle lands before you run out.

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1 bottle$19/mo

About 2 months. Ships every 2 months.

$37.99 charged every 2 months until you cancel. Cancel any time in your account.

2 bottles$40.00 / bottle

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Copper Peptide Technology

most serums sit on the surface. copper peptides work below it.

Surface phase

Hyaluronic acid and glycerin soften and hold water in the outer barrier, so the serum spreads evenly and absorbs instead of sitting on top of it.

Dermal-signalling phase

Copper peptides carry a signal down to where the structure behind texture is actually built. That part is measured in weeks.

After the patch

the spot clears. the mark it leaves doesn't.

A patch pulls up what's sitting on the surface overnight. It can't do anything about the flat brown mark left behind, because that's a layer down. Different depth, different job — which is the entire reason the serum exists.

The patch works in the top layer. Copper peptides are small enough to carry a signal into the one below it. This is an illustration of how that works — not a photograph of a result.

Three things it has to do, in order

  1. 1. Absorb, instead of sitting on your face

    Hyaluronic acid and glycerin soften the surface first, so the serum sinks in rather than pilling. This is the part you feel on the first night — and it's the only part that's immediate.

  2. 2. Get past the layer the patch works in

    GHK-Cu is a copper-binding tripeptide. It's small — that is the whole point of using a peptide — small enough to reach the layer where texture and post-acne marks actually sit.

  3. 3. Leave a signal behind

    Skin doesn't rebuild on command — cells act on signals. Copper peptides are among the most studied peptides in skincare, and over weeks that's what helps skin look more even where a breakout used to be.

What to actually expect
Nights 1–7 Softer, less tight, less flaky. That's the hydration doing it, not the peptide. Anyone promising you more in week one is selling something else.
Weeks 3–4 Texture goes first. You'll feel it with your hand before you see it in the mirror.
Weeks 6–8 The honest window for marks. Nothing about this is fast. If fast is what you need tonight, buy the patch.

What it won't do: clear a spot overnight. That's the Roll's job, and the Roll is better at it than anything we could put in a bottle.

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★★★★★ 4.4 · 97 reviews on the Hydrocolloid Roll

the patch earned the trust. the serum inherits it.

So much gunk on them that I didn't even realize was there.

✓ Verified · Charlize S.

Using it is fun and satisfying.

✓ Verified · Emily

Cut it into the size or shape I need. Will buy again!

✓ Verified · Ash A.

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