Mushrooms in skincare products: more than we think

Mushrooms have been used in traditional medicine for thousands of years, and now we understand more about their life and effects on human skin. Mushrooms are often used in skin care for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, and now also for their ability to interact with the nervous system through the skin.

How do mushrooms affect the skin?

Mushrooms can communicate not only in direct contact, but also over long distances. They do this through a network of underground fibers called mycelium. Mycelium uses biochemical, electrical and electromagnetic impulses, similar to the nervous system of animals and humans. Hypothetically, the biochemical language of nerve cells in the skin and the biochemistry of mushrooms have certain similarities, and therefore the nervous system of the skin responds to the signals of mushroom extracts.

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