Inside Aesthetics

Episode 153 hosts Per Winlof, Chief Design Expert of Galderma based in Uppsala, Sweden. Per leads Galderma’s global R&D and is responsible for all of their filler portfolio from the past, the present and into the future. Back in 1990 Per was a microbiology student at university in Uppsala. To help supplement his income, he applied for a job at a very small biotech company founded by Dr Bengt Ågerup called ‘Q-Med’. Although fillers were already available (as collagen-based products), Per and his team developed a completely new way of manufacturing fillers made out of a sugar-molecule using bacteria. They launched the world’s first sugar-based dermal filler in 1996. This new product completely revolutionised the world of facial aesthetics. To this day, approximately 95% of dermal fillers are based on this original technology. Q-Med were acquired by Galderma in 2010 and this podcast celebrates the 25th birthday of the world's first modern filler.  We explore: - Per’s background and why he applied for a job a