PREMIER LABS
Premier Labs
THE SCIENTIFIC ENGINE BEHIND PREMIER
Where more than 35 years of Dead Sea skincare expertise meets cosmetic science, skin biology, engineering and advanced technology
PREMIER LABS
WHERE PREMIER SCIENCE BECOMES INNOVATION
Every Premier product begins with an idea.
A question about skin. A new ingredient. A formulation challenge. A technological opportunity. Or a different way of approaching the visible signs of aging.
Premier Labs is where those questions are investigated.
For more than three decades, Premier has progressively built scientific capabilities around the expertise that began with Dead Sea skincare in 1990.
Today, Premier Labs supports research and development across cosmetic science, skin biology, advanced anti-aging, medical technology and emerging aesthetic technologies. Premier Dead Sea International Website
Scientists, formulators, researchers, engineers and technology specialists approach skin from different perspectives but work toward a common objective:
turning scientific understanding into practical innovation.
BUILT ON MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF SKINCARE DEVELOPMENT
SCIENCE THAT EVOLVED WITH THE BRAND
Premier Labs did not begin as an isolated scientific project.
Its development grew alongside Premier itself.
Premier started in 1990 with a particular area of expertise: Dead Sea mineral skincare.
As the company's products became more sophisticated, so did the scientific questions behind them.
Formulation expanded beyond minerals. Anti-aging became increasingly important. New active ingredients emerged. Delivery technologies developed. Skin biology became better understood. Engineering introduced possibilities that topical cosmetics alone could not provide. Premier's scientific capabilities evolved in response. That progression transformed the company's research activities from conventional cosmetic development into a broader multidisciplinary platform.
The Premier Labs of today is the result of more than three decades of accumulated knowledge.
ONE LAB. MANY DISCIPLINES.
MODERN SKIN SCIENCE CANNOT BE UNDERSTOOD THROUGH CHEMISTRY ALONE
Skin is biological. Skincare is chemical. Devices are engineered. Light is physical. Aesthetic technologies may involve biomaterials. Understanding how these areas can interact requires expertise across disciplines.
Premier Labs brings together knowledge from fields including:
Cosmetic chemistry
Formulation science
Skin biology
Dead Sea mineral research
Anti-aging science
Active ingredients
Delivery technologies
Biomedical engineering
Electronics
Optics
Light-based technologies
Medical-device development
Biomaterials
Emerging aesthetic technologies
Premier's existing research platform intentionally connects these fields rather than treating them as separate scientific worlds. Premier Dead Sea International Website
That multidisciplinary approach has become increasingly important as Premier moves beyond conventional skincare.
FROM COSMETIC SCIENCE TO SKIN BIOLOGY
UNDERSTANDING THE SKIN BEHIND THE PRODUCT
Formulation explains the product.
Skin biology helps explain what the product is being developed for.
Premier's scientific research increasingly examines the characteristics of skin associated with hydration, barrier performance, visible aging, environmental exposure, resilience and long-term skin quality. Premier Dead Sea International Website
This biological perspective allows product development to begin with a better understanding of the skin rather than with an ingredient trend alone.
It also supports Premier's evolution from conventional anti-aging toward the broader field of skin longevity.
The detailed biology behind that concept is explored separately in The Science of Skin Longevity.
At Premier Labs, the important point is simpler: better questions about skin can lead to better directions for product development.
THE DEAD SEA IN THE LAB
MORE THAN A HERITAGE INGREDIENT
The Dead Sea remains an important part of Premier Labs' scientific identity.
Since 1990, Premier has worked with the mineral resources associated with this extraordinary environment and explored their incorporation into modern skincare. Premier Dead Sea International Website
For Premier Labs, Dead Sea minerals are not treated simply as a story from the past.
They represent decades of accumulated formulation experience.
That experience provides a foundation from which researchers can explore how mineral ingredients can be combined with contemporary cosmetic actives and increasingly sophisticated formulation technologies.
Premier's broader scientific work now extends far beyond minerals.
But the Dead Sea remains where the company's scientific journey began.
“AFTER DECADES IN DERMATOLOGY, I HAVE SEEN MANY SKINCARE BRANDS. VERY FEW HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE SCIENTIFIC RIGOR AND INNOVATION THAT DEFINE PREMIER.”
Professor Torello Lotti - President, World Health Academy of Dermatology
N.1 beauty brand from the Dead Sea
Premier Dead Sea
FROM THE BENCH TO THE NEXT PROTOTYPE
RESEARCH IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS
RESEARCH IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS
Scientific development rarely follows a straight line. An idea may work theoretically but fail in formulation. A promising ingredient may create stability challenges. A prototype may perform correctly but lack the desired sensory qualities. An engineering concept may require repeated redesign. A technology may need extensive testing before it can progress. Premier Labs works through this iterative process.
Investigate → Formulate → Prototype → Evaluate → Refine → Test → Develop
Then repeat when necessary.
This process is less visible than a finished cream or device.
But it is where much of the real development takes place.
AN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
RESEARCH CONNECTED TO WHAT COMES NEXT
One of Premier Labs' structural advantages is its connection to Premier's wider development operation. The Labs work in direct continuity with Premier's approximately 64,600-square-foot manufacturing and development facility, allowing scientific work to remain connected with engineering, quality systems and eventual production. Premier Dead Sea International Website
That connection helps reduce the distance between a laboratory idea and the realities of creating a finished product. A concept can move through:
Research
Laboratory Development
Prototype
Evaluation & Testing
Scale-Up
Quality
Manufacturing
The detailed production capabilities belong on our Manufacturing Excellence page. What matters here is the connection. Premier Labs does not conduct research in isolation from the products and technologies that may ultimately result from it.
WHEN SKINCARE RESEARCH BECAME ENGINEERING
EXPANDING BEYOND THE COSMETIC LABORATORY
One of the most important developments in Premier's scientific history was the expansion from cosmetic formulation into technology. Some questions cannot be addressed through a cream or serum alone.
That realization led Premier into areas including:
- Optics
- Electronics
- Light-based technology
- Engineering
- Medical-device development
This required a different scientific mindset.
A cosmetic formula and an electronic device are fundamentally different products. They require different expertise, testing and development processes. By building capabilities across both fields, Premier expanded what its research platform could explore.
Premier's broader development portfolio now includes FDA-cleared medical-device technologies, demonstrating this progression from cosmetic science into regulated technological development. Premier Dead Sea International Website
SCIENCE ACROSS PRODUCT CATEGORIES
Premier Labs supports innovation across different parts of the Premier organization.
LUXURY SKINCARE
Research into formulations, active ingredients, textures, delivery systems and sophisticated anti-aging products.
DEAD SEA SKINCARE
Continued development around Premier's long-standing expertise with Dead Sea minerals and related natural resources.
SKIN LONGEVITY
Research supporting a longer-term understanding of skin quality, resilience and visible aging.
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Scientific and engineering work supporting light-based and other technology platforms.
AESTHETIC MEDICINE RESEARCH
Emerging research involving biomaterials and future aesthetic technologies.
These fields have very different technical requirements. Premier Labs provides a scientific environment in which knowledge from one area can sometimes create opportunities in another.
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY THINKING
WHEN DIFFERENT SCIENTISTS ASK THE SAME QUESTION
A cosmetic chemist may look at aging skin and ask:
What can we formulate?
A biologist may ask:
What is happening within the skin?
An engineer may ask:
Can technology interact with this process differently?
A physician may ask:
What does the clinical need look like?
A biomaterials researcher may ask:
Could an entirely different platform be developed?
Each question is different.
Together, they can produce a more complete picture. Premier Labs is built around this principle of cross-disciplinary thinking. Its current research framework spans skin biology, cosmetic science, engineering, medical technology, light and energy-based technologies and emerging aesthetic fields. Premier Dead Sea International Website
FROM SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY TO REAL PRODUCTS
RESEARCH HAS TO LEAVE THE LAB
A laboratory can produce interesting ideas.
But innovation only becomes meaningful when knowledge can be translated into something useful.
Premier Labs supports development that may ultimately contribute to:
- New skincare formulations
- Advanced anti-aging products
- Proprietary cosmetic technologies
- New ingredient systems
- Device concepts
- Light-based technologies
- Professional treatment concepts
- Medical technologies
- Future aesthetic platforms
Premier's current scientific structure connects research with development, engineering, testing, manufacturing and international commercialization. Premier Dead Sea International Website
This ability to translate between disciplines is one of the central purposes of Premier Labs.
NOT EVERY EXPERIMENT BECOMES A PRODUCT AND IT SHOULD NOT
Research is not simply a product-development checklist.
Not every concept succeeds.
Not every technology proves practical.
Not every ingredient belongs in a formula.
Not every prototype should reach consumers.
A serious development process involves deciding what not to pursue as much as deciding what to commercialize.
Research may provide knowledge even when it does not immediately result in a product.
That knowledge can influence a later formulation, improve another technology or change the direction of future development.
Scientific progress includes learning what does not work.
That is part of innovation too.
GUIDED BY WORLD-CLASS SCIENTIFIC LEADERSHIP
NOBEL LAUREATES, PHYSICIANS, DERMATOLOGISTS, SURGEONS & SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS
Premier Labs does not operate in isolation.
Its research and innovation activities are supported by an international scientific and medical network bringing together distinguished experts from multiple disciplines.
This network has included Nobel Prize-winning physicists, dermatologists, surgeons, medical specialists, researchers and scientific innovators, providing Premier with perspectives that extend far beyond conventional cosmetic development. Premier Dead Sea International Website
PROFESSOR GEORGE F. SMOOT
Nobel Laureate in Physics · Founding Scientific Director
Professor George F. Smoot, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, served as a founding scientific leader within Premier's advanced research initiatives.
His scientific perspective helped shape Premier's multidisciplinary approach to research, encouraging collaboration across physics, technology, engineering and skin science.
His influence remains part of the scientific philosophy behind Premier Labs today. Premier Dead Sea International Website
PROFESSOR BARRY BARISH
2017 Nobel Laureate in Physics
Professor Barry Barish is an internationally distinguished physicist and recipient of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics.
As part of Premier's scientific advisory network, his expertise contributes perspectives in scientific methodology, advanced engineering, large-scale research systems and technological innovation.
His involvement reflects Premier's belief that breakthroughs in skin technology can benefit from expertise far beyond traditional cosmetic science. Premier Dead Sea International Website
PROFESSOR TORELLO LOTTI
International Authority in Dermatology
Professor Torello Lotti brings decades of experience in dermatology, clinical research and skin science.
His expertise supports Premier's work in areas including skin aging, skin longevity, dermatological innovation and advanced skincare development. Premier Dead Sea International Website
PROFESSOR PHILIPPE A. LIVERNEAUX
Chair of Plastic Surgery, Strasbourg University
Professor Philippe A. Liverneaux contributes expertise in plastic and reconstructive surgery, tissue healing, regenerative medicine and medical innovation.
His perspective is especially relevant as Premier's scientific activities extend beyond topical skincare into medical technology and aesthetic medicine. Premier Dead Sea International Website
WHY THIS MATTERS
Premier's scientific network is intentionally multidisciplinary.
A physicist approaches innovation differently from a dermatologist.
A surgeon sees tissue differently from a cosmetic chemist.
An engineer may identify possibilities that formulation science alone cannot address.
Bringing these perspectives together helps Premier Labs challenge conventional assumptions and explore new approaches to skincare, medical technology and the future of aesthetic medicine.
Premier Labs combines internal R&D capabilities with external scientific leadership at the highest international level.
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PROPRIETARY KNOWLEDGE
BUILDING EXPERTISE THAT ACCUMULATES OVER TIME
One of the most valuable outputs of long-term research is knowledge.
Some discoveries may become proprietary technologies.
Some may support patent applications.
Others remain specialized formulation, engineering or manufacturing know-how developed internally over years.
This accumulation matters.
Companies can purchase ingredients.
They can purchase equipment.
They can license technologies.
But internal scientific knowledge develops through repeated research and practical experience.
Premier has spent more than 35 years building that experience.
Our dedicated Proprietary Technologies & Patents page explores the intellectual-property side of this work in greater detail.
SCIENCE THAT CONTINUES TO EXPAND
Premier Labs began within a company known for Dead Sea skincare.
Its scientific scope today is significantly broader.
Research now intersects with:
cosmetic science
skin biology
healthy-aging research
engineering
medical technologies
light-based systems
biomaterials
aesthetic medicine
And new disciplines will continue to emerge.
Premier Labs' role is not to predict every future technology.
It is to maintain the scientific capabilities necessary to investigate promising ones critically.
THE NEXT QUESTION
Science progresses because someone asks a question that does not yet have a satisfactory answer.
Can a formulation be improved?
Can an active be delivered differently?
Can two technologies work together?
Can aging skin be understood in a more complete way?
Can an engineering solution address something cosmetics cannot?
What can be learned from a new biomaterial?
What comes after the technology we use today?
Those questions drive Premier Labs.
Because innovation does not begin with a finished product.
IT BEGINS WITH CURIOSITY.
PREMIER LABS
35+ YEARS OF KNOWLEDGE. ALWAYS ANOTHER QUESTION.
Premier's scientific journey began with Dead Sea skincare.
Today it reaches across formulation science, skin biology, engineering, medical technology and emerging aesthetic research.
The disciplines have expanded.
The technology has changed.
The scientific questions have become more complex.
But the purpose remains clear:
Understand more. Develop better. Keep exploring.
PREMIER LABS
The scientific engine behind Premier.
Frequently Asked Questions
Premier Labs is the scientific research and development platform behind Premier, supporting work across cosmetic formulation, skin biology, anti-aging, medical technology and emerging aesthetic technologies. Premier Dead Sea International Website
Premier Labs works across disciplines including cosmetic science, skin biology, Dead Sea mineral research, longevity research, medical technologies, light-based technologies, engineering, biomaterials and future aesthetic applications. Premier Dead Sea International Website
Premier maintains an integrated research and development structure connecting scientific research with formulation, engineering, quality and manufacturing. Premier Dead Sea International Website
Premier Labs acts as the scientific R&D center supporting Premier's skincare, technology and emerging aesthetic-medicine activities.
Premier's current corporate materials describe an approximately 64,600-square-foot manufacturing and development facility connected with its broader research and innovation structure. Premier Dead Sea International Website
No. While skincare remains fundamental to Premier's heritage, the scientific platform has expanded into engineering, medical technology, light-based technologies and emerging areas of aesthetic medicine. Premier Dead Sea International Website
Yes. Dead Sea mineral skincare has been part of Premier's expertise since 1990, and the Dead Sea remains an important part of its research heritage. Premier Dead Sea International Website
Yes. Premier's research and development activities extend into medical technologies, including light-based technology and engineering. Premier's broader product-development history includes FDA-cleared technologies. Premier Dead Sea International Website
Premier Labs investigates aspects of skin biology and aging that can inform Premier's broader skin-longevity research. The detailed scientific concept should be covered on the separate Science of Skin Longevity page rather than duplicated here.
