Most labels go quiet
Listing an ingredient is required. Listing its concentration is not. Most bottles name Copper Tripeptide-1 (GHK-Cu) and stop there. The amount can hide inside a “peptide complex,” a proprietary blend, or a prediluted raw material whose 10% is not 10% peptide. ION BLUE discloses a single concentration: 0.10% GHK-Cu. No blends. No fillers. No diluted theater. You see the number and decide for yourself.
A signal has a working range
GHK-Cu is a signal peptide and a copper carrier. Signals saturate. Metals catalyze or irritate depending on dose. Below a working range, nothing is said. Above it, you may leave “signal” and enter unused excess, a different biology, or simply a marketing number. The ION BLUE position is that 0.10% is a real, disclosed working signal — enough to be in the bottle, restrained enough to stay a signal. Precision, without excess.
One molecule, described inside the papers
ION BLUE makes one product: a GHK-Cu face serum at 0.10%. We describe what GHK-Cu has been studied for — matrix gene expression, copper-dependent enzymes, wound models — and we stop where the research stops. Cosmetics, not medicine. This encyclopedia exists so you can check the science yourself, including its limits.
“In a category full of big numbers and bold claims, ION BLUE tells you exactly what’s in the bottle, and why.”
ION BLUE products are cosmetics and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Educational content is not medical advice. Individual results may vary. We describe what peptides have been studied for — never more than the research supports.