No skin repeats.
No routine should.

A handheld skin reader for home. Its own light and lens capture what phone photos can't — thirty seconds every morning — and tell you what your skin is asking for today.

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Your morning readingDay 1 · 07:42
What the reader saw
RednessModerateBaseline
CongestionElevated · chinBaseline
TextureSteadyBaseline
ToneEvenBaseline
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What your skin is asking for today

A gentler cleanse, daily SPF

Your chin is congested — but Day 1 is a baseline, not a problem.

Day 1Day 1Day 45

Drag through 45 days · tap a reading to see what it means · tap the reader to scan again.

Thirty seconds
Every morning, one zone — a full reading weekly
4 readings
Per scan, from your own skin
Before & after
Any two dates, side by side
The problem

Three boxes for eight billion faces.

Dry, oily, combination — that's the whole vocabulary the industry gives your skin. So you copy a friend's routine, or a creator's, and test someone else's answer on your face. The alternative is asking your skin — and until now, that meant an appointment, every time.

80%

of skincare users try several products before finding one that works for them.

DryOilyCombination

Three labels for every face on earth — and none of them keeps what makes yours different.

A questionnaire is the least reliable sensor in the room.

Why Balans Skin

Everyone else infers.
We measure.

Quiz apps ask you to describe your skin. Selfie AI infers from a photo taken in unknown light. Balans Skin reads the skin itself: the sensor produces the data, and the software only interprets it.

Quiz and selfie apps
Ask→Infer→Recommend
Balans Skin
Measure→Interpret→Recommend
Day 1 · at home, under a minute

Start with a baseline — not just a quiz.

Place the reader flat, press once. A few capture positions, each in direct, cross-polarized and UV light — its own light and guided contact, so every photo matches the last.

Your first session is your reference point. From then on, everything compares to you — never to a type, never to a norm. And each photo saves to your camera roll.

Illustrative interface · synthetic skin renders

Forehead · three dates
Compare
Direct light captureDirect
Cross-polarized captureCross-pol
UV captureUV

Baseline recorded. Place flat, press once — five positions in under a minute.

Capture
Routine review

Keep what fits.

Ceramide creamFits your routine
Keep
BHA 2%Exfoliant overlap
Review
Glycolic toner 7%Exfoliant overlap
Review

Routine review uses what's on your shelf and how your skin tolerates it — ingredients, never brands.

Day 45 · thirty-seven mornings later

See what actually changed.

Start a product, pause another — your readings show what your skin did next. Pick any two dates and see them side by side.

No score. No grade. Missed days stay visibly missed — a perfect curve would be a lie.

Illustrative interface · simulated values

Spot area · forehead

22% of zone

37 sessions in 45 days

30%25%20% Day 1Day 14Day 30Day 45
Day 14 · Niacinamide startedSpot area 27% → 22% sinceDay 30 · Glycolic pausedRedness: no clear change since
Day 1 captureDay 1
Day 45 captureDay 45
Day 45 · UV 9 · dry air
CleanseMoisturizerNiacinamideGlycolic toner
What changed since my last check?
Your spot area is lower than a month ago. Redness is still above where you started, with no clear change since day 30.
Can I bring the glycolic toner back?
Not yet — redness hasn't settled since you paused it. Scan tomorrow morning and we'll look again.

Readings show what changed — not which product caused it.

What it reads

Four ways to read the same skin.

Each reading is explained in plain words — and each one says where it comes from: measured, estimated or what you told us.

Surface — texture
Surface · direct light

Texture

Roughness, peeling and pore relief, read at macro detail.

Pigment — tone and spots
Pigment · cross-polarized

Tone & spots

Uneven tone and spot area, read beneath surface glare.

Vascular and sebum — redness and congestion
Vascular & sebum · UV

Redness & congestion

Visible redness and pore build-up, read the same way every day.

Derived — change over time
Over time

Change

What moved since your baseline — by zone, by date, against your own history.

No score. No grade. Your first scan is a baseline — from then on, everything compares to you.

Balans Skin provides cosmetic skin readings. It does not diagnose or treat any medical condition — and if a reading sees something beyond cosmetic scope, we'll say one thing: see a dermatologist.

Guided capture on the forehead Guided capture around the eye area Guided capture on the cheeks Guided capture on the nose Guided capture on the chin
Forehead

Five zones, one at a time — framed the same way every day.

Why a reader, not a selfie

Skin changes over time. Photos change with the light.

A phone photo moves with the camera, the angle and the room. A reader that touches the skin, brings its own light and frames the same zone every time is how a change in your skin stops being a change in the picture.

Phone selfieBalans reader
Light & angleWhatever the room gives youIts own light, guided contact
What it seesVisible light onlyDirect · cross-polarized · UV
Compares you toA type, or a normYourself, over time
For dermatologists & clinics

Built with dermatologists, not around them.

Balans Skin is a cosmetic tool with a clear boundary — and the boundary is where we work together.

Referral, not replacement

When a reading sees something beyond cosmetic scope, Balans Skin says one thing: see a dermatologist. We send people to you — never the other way.

Validation in Mexico

Founding clinics help check our readings across Mexican skin tones — with consent, under protocol, with co-authorship.

Between-visit tracking

Your patients arrive with weeks of readings instead of memory. Exportable, plain-language, cosmetic-scope only.

Founding clinic program

Clinics in Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara and Querétaro ahead of launch — devices, protocol and a direct line to the founders.

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Who we are

Others sell routines.
We measure skin.

Absinthe Wu
Absinthe Wu
Co-founder · CPO

9 years of product across Binance, Knauf and Tset; previously co-founder & CPO of Atmos.

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Adrian Lopez
Adrian Lopez
Co-founder · CEO

20 years designing digital products across Mexico and Europe; six years with aesthetic clinics and a cosmetics brand.

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Early access

Be first, or build it with us.

The first batch is small on purpose — we support every founding user directly.

First 1000 units

Early access

The first readers ship in Mexico, Q1 2027

  • A founding-batch reader, priority shipping
  • Founding-user badge in the app
  • A direct line to the founders
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Partners

For clinics

Dermatology clinics in Mexico

  • Devices and reading protocol
  • Validation collaboration, with consent
  • Patient-tracking export · onboarding with the founders
Partner with us

Pricing is announced at launch. Waitlist members order first.

FAQ

Questions we hear most.

How is this different from a selfie app?

A phone photo changes with the camera, the light and the angle. The reader touches the skin, brings its own light and frames the same zone every time — so a change over time is a change in your skin, not in the picture.

How often do I scan?

Every morning, one zone, about thirty seconds — a reminder only if you haven't. A full reading once a week, on the day you choose.

Does it tell me whether a product works?

It shows what changed in your skin after you started or paused something — not which product caused it. That honesty is the point: it keeps you from changing your routine on a guess.

Does it work on every skin tone?

Optical readings can vary with skin tone, so we validate on the tones of the markets we serve, starting with Mexico — it is the reason this company exists.

Is Balans Skin a medical device?

No. It provides cosmetic skin readings and routine guidance, and does not diagnose or treat conditions. If a reading sees something beyond cosmetic scope, we'll tell you to see a dermatologist — and mean it.

Do I answer a questionnaire?

A short one, once — safety, sensitivities and what's already on your shelf. It personalizes for safety; it never substitutes for the measurement.

What data do you collect, and who owns it?

Your photos and readings are yours — every capture also saves to your phone. We never sell personal data. With explicit opt-in, de-identified readings contribute to aggregate research on how ingredients perform across skin types — always anonymous, always revocable.

When can I get one?

The first batch ships Q1 2027 in Mexico. Pricing is announced at launch — the waitlist orders first.

Be first to read yours.

Join the waitlist for the first batch — Mexico, Q1 2027. Dermatologists and investors: same form, we'll route you.

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