Our Origin Story: Anti-Inflammatory Care
Alchimie Forever® is a family-owned Swiss skin care brand founded by dermatologist Dr. Luigi Polla and led by his eldest daughter CEO Ada Polla. Our clean and clinical formulations combine anti-inflammatory and antioxidant ingredients and advanced dermatological science to support healthy, glowing skin — especially for sensitive and sensitized skin types.
HOW IT ALL BEGAN: SWISS DERMATOLOGIST MEETS LASER TECHNOLOGY
In 1986, Dr. Luigi L. Polla returned to Geneva, Switzerland from two years of post-doctoral fellowship studies at the Wellman Labs of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. In Geneva, he established his dermatology practice and pioneered the use of laser therapy in Europe, transforming the field of medical aesthetics. These pioneering treatments enabled the treatment of debilitating birthmarks (Port Wine Stains and hemangiomas) in children, a groundbreaking approach that, while effective, caused significant skin reactions such as heat, swelling, redness, and inflammation. Not finding the right product to help heal the skin of his young patients, he created his own, known today as Kantic Brightening Moisture Mask. Over the next few years, he expanded his dermatology practice and founded Forever Institut, Europe's first fully integrated medical day spa, while continuing to develop proprietary skin care formulations.
WHERE IT WENT FROM THERE: THE DAUGHTER WHO WENT TO BUSINESS SCHOOL
Some brands are built from strategy, others, from passion. For Ada Polla, it was a lot of both. While pursuing her MBA at Georgetown University, Ada saw untapped potential in her father’s skin care creations. She looked at the no-name white jars her father had been giving away to his patients and saw an opportunity: these weren’t just creams; they were a brand waiting to happen.
In 2004, after graduating from business school, Ada launched Alchimie Forever® in the US. What began as a vision has grown into a thriving skin care brand and those once-unbranded jars have evolved into a full line of clean, clinical, anti-inflammatory skin care products.
WHY ANTI-INFLAMMATORY SKIN CARE MATTERS
Inflammation plays a role in most common skin concerns, from acne and sensitivity to rosacea and accelerated visible aging. Combined with modern lifestyle factors like sun exposure, pollution, stress, medications, and excess sugar consumption, skin is often in a constant state of low-grade inflammation. Anti-inflammatory skin care helps support a calmer, healthier, more radiant complexion while promoting long-term skin health.
OUR VISION FOR CLEAN AND CLINICAL SKIN CARE
Scientific integrity is at the heart of Alchimie Forever®. Based on decades of medical practice, we have found that healthy, youthful looking skin can be achieved using powerful antioxidant botanicals combined with safe, effective lab-made ingredients. Our formulations support visible results for all skin types, especially sensitive and sensitized skin. Clean formulations. Clinical results.
OUR MISSION: SELF CARE THROUGH SKIN CARE™
We believe that your skin is the mirror of your soul, and that taking care of it daily, effectively, gently, is essential to your self care. Looking good…means feeling good…means doing good.
Building on the heritage of our Swiss medical aesthetic institute, we make clean skin care products that provide visible results and calm the skin. We do this by creating an alchemy of pioneering dermatological advances combined with safe and effective botanicals… and a touch of magic. Our family business stands for excellence in everything we do.
Our motto: Self care through skin care.™
OUR COMMITMENT TO SCIENCE, SENSITIVE SKIN & SUSTAINABILITY
We are a family-owned, independent company. We say what we do and do what we say. Our core values are transparency, integrity, approachability, and accountability to science. We foster a culture where employees and customers alike feel valued, empowered, and part of something bigger—a movement towards beauty, sustainability, and genuine human connection.
