What Do Peptides Do for Skin? The Ingredients Behind Anti-Age Pro | Mavala UK

Peptides are short chains of amino acids, the same building blocks that make up the proteins in your skin, such as collagen. In skincare they act like messengers, signalling to the skin to support its own firmness and smoothness. They are one of the most well-studied anti-ageing ingredients.

Anti-Age Pro uses targeted peptides (including a copper peptide and a palmitate peptide) to help support the skin's renewal and the look of firmness, so wrinkles appear softened and skin feels more resilient. Peptides are gentle and suit most skin types, which is part of why they have become a cornerstone of modern anti-ageing formulas.

Alpine Rose is a hardy plant that survives extreme mountain conditions, which is why its native cells are valued in skincare for their protective, resilience-supporting qualities. In Anti-Age Pro, Alpine Rose native cells are paired with Silicon to help support the skin's natural regeneration and smooth the look of wrinkles. It is a very Mavala touch: a Swiss Alpine botanical doing a specific, modern job.

This is where the chronobiology idea becomes real ingredients. The daytime formulas include chrono-peptides, which are designed to mimic the beneficial effects of daylight on the skin and help optimise its natural self-protection cycle, plus an antioxidant enzyme that neutralises free radicals. Free radicals, generated by UV and pollution, are a major driver of visible ageing, so neutralising them during the day, when exposure is highest, helps protect the skin's youthful appearance.

Skin does different things at different times. During the day it is in protection mode, defending against UV, pollution and stress. At night it shifts into repair and renewal. Anti-Age Pro is formulated around that rhythm: the day products focus on protection and support, while the Time Release System Night Care is designed to work with the skin's natural overnight cell renewal. Using the right product at the right time is the whole point of the range, and it is why the day and night formulas are not interchangeable.

Underneath the actives sits Mavala's Swiss Skin Solution Complex, combining soothing Swiss Mallow flower with pure Alpine water. Active ingredients perform best on skin that is hydrated, comfortable and calm, so this base is not filler. It keeps the skin barrier supported and helps the formulas feel gentle, which matters when you are using them every day, long term.

The range is designed as a simple day-and-night routine:

• Day Serum: the concentrated step for face and eye contour, applied to clean skin in the morning.
• Day Cream: concentrated anti-wrinkle care for face and eye contour, over the serum, to protect through the day.
• Night Care: the Time Release System treatment applied in the evening to work with overnight renewal.

Apply to clean skin, serum before cream, and give it time. Visible changes in skin's appearance build over weeks of consistent use, not days.

Anti-Age Pro pairs two ingredients that do opposite halves of the same job. Peptides act as messengers that signal the skin to support its own firmness and renewal, which is the building side. The antioxidant enzyme neutralises the free radicals, generated by UV and pollution, that break collagen down, which is the protecting side. Supporting renewal without also protecting it would only be half a strategy, and since oxidative stress is a central driver of visible ageing, the two belong in the same formula.

Peptides are short chains of amino acids that act as messengers in the skin, signalling it to support its own firmness and smoothness. They are one of the most well-studied anti-ageing ingredients and help soften the look of wrinkles while keeping skin feeling resilient. Mavala Anti-Age Pro uses targeted peptides, including a copper peptide, across its day and night formulas.

Chronobiological skincare is formulated to work with the skin's natural daily rhythm. Skin protects itself during the day and renews itself at night, so day and night products are designed to support those different jobs. Mavala Anti-Age Pro uses chrono-peptides and an antioxidant enzyme by day for protection, and a Time Release System by night to support overnight renewal.

Alpine Rose is a mountain plant prized for surviving harsh conditions, and its native cells are used in skincare for their protective, resilience-supporting qualities. In Mavala Anti-Age Pro, Alpine Rose native cells are combined with Silicon to support the skin's natural regeneration and smooth the appearance of wrinkles.

For anti-ageing, it helps. Skin is in protection mode by day and renewal mode at night, so the ingredients that serve it best differ. Anti-Age Pro's day formulas focus on protection with chrono-peptides and an antioxidant enzyme, while the night care supports overnight cell renewal. Using each at the right time gets more from the same ingredients.

Think in weeks, not days. Skin renews on a cycle of roughly a month, so most people see changes in the look and feel of their skin, smoother texture and softer fine lines, after several weeks of consistent twice-daily use. Anti-ageing skincare improves the appearance of the skin; it does not remove wrinkles permanently.

Mavala is a Swiss family-owned skincare and beauty house, known for treatment-led formulas developed and made in Switzerland. Anti-Age Pro is part of Mavala's Swiss Skin Solution line and is dermatologically tested. We choose ingredients for what they do and concentrate them at levels meant to make a visible difference.

Written and fact-checked using published dermatological research on peptides and oxidative protection in skin ageing, including "Oral and topical peptides for skin aging: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials," Frontiers in Medicine, 2026.