Science & technology

The technology behind every kit.

From a microscope scan to a 28-day reformulation — the hardware, the AI, and the ISO-certified factory that makes it real.

The hardware

One scanner. Six images.

Every BASUP scan is taken with the BASUP Skin Scanner, a USB microscope camera on a stand. It's $10, and we take $10 off your first Kit.

The BASUP Skin Scanner, a USB microscope camera on a stand with its cable
$10 · $10 off your first Kit
Skin microscope with up to 1600x magnification, 6 LED lights and 2 UV lamps
LED light captures texture & roughness, fine lines & wrinkles, sensitivity indicators, and pigmentation.
UV light captures oil & moisture levels, pore size, and sebum.
3 capture zones — forehead and both cheeks — each under both light types, for 6 images total.
Connects by USB to a Mac or Windows computer, an iPad or other tablet, or an Android phone, with a live preview while you capture.
Not compatible with iPhone. If you only have an iPhone, scan with a computer, a tablet, or an iPad instead.
The analysis

From six images to one result.

Your 6 microscope images and your 24-question Skin Assessment are sent together to BASUP's cloud AI. It reads both data sets and generates your personalized Skin Analysis Result.

Scan +
Assessment
Skin AI
(cloud)
Your
Result
The math

288 isn't a marketing number.

It's 2 resistance levels × 2 pigmentation levels × 2 elasticity levels × 6 oil-retention levels × 6 moisture-retention levels. That's how many distinct skin profiles our system actually distinguishes between.

Resistance
R · S
2 options
×
Pigmentation
N · P
2 options
×
Elasticity
T · W
2 options
×
Oil Retention
D3–D1·O1–O3
6 options
×
Moisture Retention
De3–De1·Hy1–Hy3
6 options
=
288
skin types
Basup essence and serum bottles, each labeled with its individual skin-type code

Elsewhere on this site you'll see these called moisture, oil, wrinkles, pigmentation, and sensitivity — the same five factors, in plain language.

How to read it

What you're looking at.

Skin captured under LED light, showing texture and fine surface detail
Under LED light
The same skin area captured under UV light, showing fluorescence patterns
Under UV light

Pore

A clean, round black dot with fluorescence around it.

Sebum

A dot with a slight fluorescent or purplish tint inside it.

Blackhead

A darker dot with a blurrier edge, darker surroundings, and no fluorescence.

Your results

Every scan becomes a number you can track.

Each of your 5 factors comes back as a percentage score with a plain-language read and a trend against your last scan. For moisture and oil, we also mark the ideal balance for your age — so you see not just your number, but how far it is from your own target.

Moisture RetentionGood · ▼7% vs. last scan
0%Ideal balance for your age100%

Illustrative example. Your full result, including all 5 factors and scan history, lives in your account.

Why 28 days

Your skin already runs on a cycle. We just match it.

Skin turnover — a new cell forming, migrating to the surface, and eventually shedding — takes roughly 28 days. We treat that as the minimum re-scan interval, so your formula is always based on your skin now, not your skin a year ago.

Diagram of the 28-day skin turnover cycle: new cell generation, cell migration, stratum corneum retention, then dead cell shedding

This cycle naturally lengthens with age — part of what visible skin aging actually is.

Manufacturing quality

ISO-certified, from formulation to fulfillment.

ISO 22716

The international Cosmetics GMP standard — how cosmetics should be made, controlled, and stored.

ISO 9001

A certified quality management system — consistent process and checks at every stage of production.

ISO 14001

A certified environmental management system for reducing manufacturing's environmental impact.

In-house R&D institute
Founded 2017, Incheon, South Korea
Owns its own factory
Homomixer & blender lines, automated filling
In-house QC
Formulation to packaging, under one roof
Quarterly formulation refresh
The ingredient lineup updates 4x a year — not a fixed list
R&D credibility

Built by the people who manufacture it.

SKINLAB KOREA runs its own in-house research institute and its own cosmetics factory — homomixer and blender lines, automated filling, and in-house quality control — covering everything from formulation to packaging under one roof since 2017. Our prescribable ingredient bank is refreshed quarterly, aligned to seasonal change and skin-cycle research — not fixed indefinitely.

Global track record

An already-proven partner.

Indonesia
Exclusive distribution
Malaysia
Market entry
Thailand
Market entry
Japan
Market entry
United States
OEM: SpaLife, Swissco

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