Ascoplex

Ascoplex is a German body-care name attached to a single product, Ascoplex Vital-Lotion, a peppermint-based lotion meant to be rubbed into the skin and massaged in, for example after sport. It is sold through aufbaumittel.de, the web shop of the company Asconex in Villmar, Germany [1].

Ascoplex does not have a website, a company history or a public identity of its own. It appears as one line in a small shop that is otherwise built around the STÄDTGEN range of lactic-acid supplements and skin creams. No founding year, founders or milestones are publicly documented, and no coverage of the brand in the beauty press is documented.

The shop that sells Ascoplex introduces itself as the outlet for the "original STÄDTGEN products" of Firma Asconex from Villmar. It lists its subject areas as right-rotating (dextrorotatory) lactic acid, dietary supplements, skin care and "Ascoplexierung", a term the site uses but never defines [1]. The legal notice names the operator as ASCONEX Formentera SL, acting through a German representative office in Villmar [3].

The site does not say in so many words that Ascoplex is an Asconex brand. The connection rests on the lotion being sold in the company's own shop, under a category of its own, alongside the company's other ranges. Vital-Lotion is the only product carrying the Ascoplex name there.

Ascoplex Vital-Lotion is a body lotion that the company says is based on peppermint "of a special galenic form", meaning a particular way of preparing and formulating the ingredient [2]. The product page describes a pleasant scent and says a small amount rubbed into the skin refreshes and revives at once.

The stronger claims concern muscles and circulation. According to the product page, the lotion stimulates the skin's natural blood flow and loosens the muscles, and rubbing it in after sport counteracts muscle cramps and brings relaxation [2]. No studies or test results are cited in support of these effects.

The formula is short. Its listed ingredients are water, peppermint (Mentha piperita), octyldodecanol, cetearyl isononanoate, glycerin, cetearyl alcohol, PEG-40 castor oil and sodium cetearyl sulfate. Usage notes advise keeping the lotion away from the eyes, rinsing with clear water after accidental contact, and storing it closed, dry and at room temperature.

The lotion comes in two formats: a pump dispenser and a "muscle roller" for applying it directly to the skin. The product page lists 30 ml, 100 ml and 150 ml sizes and a 50 ml roller, each with its own PZN, the product code used to identify items in German pharmacies [2]. The shop's size selector also offers a 10 ml roller, while the 100 ml size does not appear among the options. The product page names no manufacturer.

In the shop's cosmetics section, Vital-Lotion sits next to two STÄDTGEN products: Reflexzonensalbe STÄDTGEN, an ointment for reflexology, and RMS STÄDTGEN Haut-A-Creme, a skin cream [4]. They share a shelf, but they are not sold under the Ascoplex name.

Ascoplex is active in the sense that its one product remains on sale. In 2026 the lotion was listed in the Asconex shop with current and reduced offer prices, and the site footer carried a 2026 copyright date [1]. The brand has no social-media channels, product launches or news linked to it, so its activity amounts to continued availability rather than new development.

Sales run directly through the company's own German-language web shop. No distribution outside Germany is documented.