ingredients

What Is SYN-AKE?

SYN-AKE is the trade name associated with Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate, a synthetic cosmetic peptide. It is often marketed around the appearance of expression lines.

What it is

SYN-AKE is a synthetic peptide ingredient inspired by a mechanism associated with Waglerin-1. Supplier materials describe cosmetic testing, but supplier evidence should be interpreted in context rather than treated as proof for every formula containing the ingredient.

Why concentration matters

If a study evaluates an ingredient at a particular concentration, you cannot assume an undisclosed concentration in another product will perform identically.

SYN-AKE and Synevra

Synevra highlights SYN-AKE in its UltraLift marketing. That makes the ingredient relevant to evaluating the formula, while still leaving a separate question: what evidence exists for Synevra as a finished product?

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