A French perspective on ageing well: Systems biology and the future of skin health

Published: 7-May-2026

Dr. Katerina Steventon talks to Trend Sourcing Agency founder Pascale Brousse about how French culture embraces a forward-thinking approach to ageing

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There is just over a month to go until we meet for the 10th Anti-Ageing Skin Care Conference on Systems Biology and Skin Ageing in London. 

We have curated a programme that brings together global thought leaders to explore this emerging frontier and reconsider how the industry approaches anti-ageing.

This holistic perspective – recognising ageing as a process shaped by lifestyle, environment, and emotional wellbeing – has long been intuitively embraced within French culture, a culture that has more integrated approaches to ageing well.

In the last of this series of articles for Cosmetics Business, Dr. Katerina Steventon, Scientific Programme Director, speaks with Pascale Brousse, founder of Trend Sourcing Agency, about her forward-thinking vision, innovation mindset and future brand strategies in the next era of anti-ageing.


If your work touches on skin biology, dermal ageing pathways or clinical measurement techniques, the Anti-Ageing Skin Care Conference is one of the few events dedicated to high-level scientific discussion in this space. Find out more HERE.


As systems biology reframes ageing as a networked process rather than isolated decline, how must the anti-ageing industry move forward?

This is the most critical pivot for the next decade.

For 50 years, the industry has treated the skin as a surface to be polished or patched.

Science is now forcing us to view skin as the external dashboard of internal health.

For many years, we have advised clients to drop the ‘war on ageing’ rhetoric.

The future is about ‘coherence’: ensuring that your skin’s biological age matches its optimal potential, regardless of chronological age.

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