Dr. Schrammek

Dr. Schrammek, trading in full as Dr. med. Christine Schrammek Kosmetik, is a German skincare company built around medical-grade cosmetics and its signature GREEN PEEL herbal peeling treatment. It is a multi-generational family business headquartered in Düsseldorf, and according to the company it is present in more than 60 countries [1]. The brand's own company page records its founding year as 1940 [2], while third-party sources sometimes date the company to 1958 — the year its founder created the Green Peel — which appears to conflate the treatment's invention with the company's founding [7].

The company positions its products at the meeting point of dermatology and cosmetics, summarised in its tagline "The Power of Medical Beauty." It remains active, with an online shop, a professional distributor network, and a United States subsidiary established in 2023.

The business traces back to Christine Schrammek, described in spa-industry editorial as an Essen-based skincare specialist. According to that account, she had to abandon her medical studies during the Second World War and turned instead to esthetics [7]. In 1958 she created the GREEN PEEL herbal peeling method in Essen [7], and by 1964 had founded what the same source calls the first institute for holistic cosmetics [7].

The founder's identity is a point worth clarifying, because the name "Christine Schrammek" recurs across two generations. The original founder is Christine Schrammek; her dermatologist daughter, Dr. med. Christine Schrammek-Drusio, joined the business in 1988 and represents the second generation rather than the founder [7].

In 1967 the company launched a tinted treatment product called Special Beauty Care Cream for Blemished Skin, which spa-industry editorial describes as widely considered the world's first BB cream [7]. The same year, it established a professional training school.

Leadership has passed down the family across four generations. After Christine Schrammek-Drusio joined in 1988, the founder's grandson Alexander Drusio became chief executive in 2013 [7]. In 2020 Christina Drusio, a medical specialist in dermatology, joined the next generation. The company expanded into the United States with a subsidiary in Las Vegas in 2023.

The brand's headquarters moved from Essen, where the company originated, to Düsseldorf. Accounts of the timing differ: spa-industry editorial places the relocation in 1999 [7], whereas the company's own page gives 2022 [2].

Dr. Schrammek frames its products as medical-grade problem solvers. The company describes its approach as a "symbiosis of medicine and cosmetics" that, in its words, turns its products into "highly-effective problem solvers." Its derma.cosmetics line is built on the idea that "dermatology meets cosmetics," combining recent medical findings with what the company calls high-quality ingredients.

The brand presents itself as a family business focused on skin health, pairing tradition with innovation, and lists its core values as a hunger for knowledge, respect, responsibility, innovation, and passion. Its products are distributed primarily through beauty professionals and doctors rather than as a mass-market line.

The company's defining product is the GREEN PEEL Herbal Peeling, a registered trademark and a treatment performed by professionals. According to the brand, it is a natural method that works without devices, acids, or other critical ingredients. Material from the UK distributor describes the peel as a mask blending eight selected herbs containing enzymes, minerals, and vitamins that are massaged into the skin, with named botanicals including aloe vera and spirulina. The treatment is offered in several variants, among them GREEN PEEL Classic, Energy, and Fresh Up.

Beyond the peel, the derma.cosmetics range spans ten dermatologist-developed focuses — including Essential, Hydrating, Sensitive, Mela White for pigmentation, Body Science, a hair line, and MEN — covering skincare, body, and hair care. The company states that its formulas are made exclusively in Germany and that skin tolerance is dermatologically confirmed, and it cites independent studies for efficacy.

Dr. Schrammek publishes a range of environmental and ethical commitments. The company states that it does not test on animals and that roughly 90% of its products are suitable for vegans [5]. It says all business locations run on 100% green power from renewable sources, and that its folding boxes, cartons, and printed materials use FSC-Mix certified materials.

On packaging and waste, the company reports changing how its jars are processed to cut plastic use by half, removing cellophane wrapping, and eliminating cream spatulas. It also describes a partnership with everwave under which, for every kilogram of plastic the company puts into circulation worldwide, everwave recovers a kilogram of plastic and waste from polluted waters [5]. Its German shipping is described as including measures to offset transport-related carbon emissions.

Dr. Schrammek is an active, family-owned company. It runs an online shop and a professional and distributor network, says it operates in more than 60 countries, and established a US subsidiary in Las Vegas in 2023 [2]. Its most recent recorded milestone is that US expansion, and the company maintains a presence across multiple social platforms.