Science
Why oestrogen, not age, predicts skin ageing.
A review of the Karolinska 2019 dataset on perimenopausal collagen dynamics.
Göteborg · 2023
The decade your skin
needs more than cream.
Swedish skincare engineering for the collagen cliff. Six clinical modalities in one considered tool.
Meet No. 01The Founders
Erik & Anna Lunde
For years, we spent thousands on serums in Stockholm clinics, watching them fail to reach the layer where skin actually ages.
Blocq began with a question: what if the same clinical modalities that reverse collagen loss in a clinic — microcurrent, red light, radiofrequency — could live on a bathroom shelf in Göteborg?
— Erik & Anna, Göteborg
Facial Device · No. 01
The Blocq 6-in-1
Six clinical modalities. One considered tool. Engineered for the collagen cliff.
Modalities
EMS · Microcurrent · Red LED · Blue LED · Radiofrequency · Ionic
Session
Five minutes, morning or evening
Materials
Surgical-grade stainless steel, medical-grade silicone
Warranty
Two years · 60-night home trial
£139
Add to Bag
Free UK delivery · 60-night trial · Two-year warranty
The Science
The Collagen Cliff
Between thirty-eight and fifty-two, oestrogen declines and skin loses type-I collagen at roughly two percent each year. Topicals sit on the surface. The collagen cliff requires intervention beneath it.
Shuster, Black & McVitie, British Journal of Dermatology · 1975
The Mechanism
Six modalities. One tool.
Each mode targets a different layer of the collagen cliff. Used together, they do what topicals cannot.
Mode 01
EMS
Electrical muscle stimulation engages facial muscle fibres at the same frequency used in clinical aesthetic protocols.
Mode 02
Microcurrent
Low-level current mirrors the body's bioelectric field, increasing ATP synthesis in dermal fibroblasts.
Mode 03
Red LED
660nm wavelength penetrates to the mitochondria, stimulating cellular respiration and collagen synthesis.
Mode 04
Blue LED
415nm wavelength targets surface bacteria. Calibrated for sebaceous regulation without skin barrier disruption.
Mode 05
Radiofrequency
Deep-tissue thermal stimulation triggers controlled wound-healing response and dermal remodelling.
Mode 06
Ionic
Negative ion flow lifts surface impurities and increases topical serum absorption by up to four times.
A Letter from Somerset
"I didn't believe in at-home devices. I bought this because my dermatologist in Stockholm sent me an article. Six weeks in, my jawline looks like it did at forty-five. I am fifty-three."
Sarah — 53 — Bath
Our Origin
From a workshop in Göteborg.
Blocq is made in Sweden, for women who have outgrown the beauty counter.
Read the full story →The Journal
Notes from the research.
Method
The five-minute morning protocol.
How to sequence microcurrent, red light, and serum for measurable dermal change.
Heritage
Why we started Blocq in Göteborg.
A conversation with Erik and Anna Lunde on Swedish apothecary tradition and modern dermatology.