What ExoBlue™ is
ExoBlue™ is a cosmetic cream base developed by PCCA for personalized skincare compounding. For compounding, it serves as the vehicle: the cream that carries the prescription ingredients your provider orders.
The base contains GHK-Cu copper peptide, acetyl hexapeptide-8, a centella asiatica-derived peptide complex and zinc hydrolyzed hyaluronate.
It is suited to oily, normal and dry skin, is stable at room temperature, and is dispensed in an airless pump that protects it from air and light.
How we personalize it
As a 503A compounding pharmacy, we can add active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to ExoBlue™ when a licensed provider prescribes them. The result is a single cream built for one patient: the peptide base plus the treatment your provider chooses, at the strength they choose.
- Your provider prescribes. The prescription names the active ingredient or ingredients, the strength of each, ExoBlue™ as the base, the quantity and directions.
- Our pharmacist reviews the formula. We check that each ingredient is compatible with the base, including its pH range, and confirm stability and beyond-use dating before we compound. If a combination isn't a good fit, we call the provider with alternatives.
- We compound it in our Arcadia laboratory. Each cream is prepared by hand in our nonsterile compounding rooms, following USP <795>, and USP <800> for hazardous ingredients.
- We call you, then ship it. We confirm pricing before preparing anything, then ship anywhere in California. Local pickup in Arcadia is available by calling ahead.
What can be added
ExoBlue™ is designed to carry a range of prescription actives. Established pairings include tretinoin, prepared with a specific wetting agent so it disperses evenly, and estriol, on its own or combined with other actives such as tretinoin or a peptide. Many of the actives in our dermatology formulations are candidates when compatibility and stability data support the combination. Ask our pharmacist before prescribing a new combination and we'll confirm what's possible.
For prescribers
Write ExoBlue™ as the base, with each active and its strength. For example:
Example:
[Active ingredient] [strength]% in ExoBlue™ cream base
Dispense: 30 g airless pump
Sig: Apply a thin layer to the affected area as directed
Send it by e-prescription, fax or phone. If your EMR has no compound option, choose the closest product and spell out the full formula in Notes to Pharmacy. See our e-prescribing guide.
Approved prescribers can find our ExoBlue™ prescriber guide, with formula ideas and a fillable order form, in the prescriber portal.
Personalized ExoBlue™ preparations with added active ingredients require a prescription from a licensed healthcare provider. Compounded medications are not FDA approved. This page is educational and is not medical advice. ExoBlue™ is a trademark of PCCA (Professional Compounding Centers of America). EpitomeRx is an independent pharmacy; this page is not sponsored or endorsed by PCCA.