# Hans Karrer ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Founded | 2008 | | Origin | Germany | | Headquarters | Augsburg | | Status | Acquired | | Manufacturing | Germany | | Distribution | Pharmacy | | Website | https://www.hans-karrer.de/ | Hans Karrer is a German dermocosmetics brand based in Augsburg, making skin and hair care for people living with skin conditions and hair loss. The company gives 2008 as its founding year [2]. Its range combines creams, lotions and shampoos with food supplements, and it is sold mainly through pharmacies rather than beauty retail. The brand is no longer independent. Hans Karrer GmbH describes itself as a subsidiary of Laboratorio Genové S.A., which makes it part of the Spanish Grupo AC Marca [2]. It continues to trade under its own name, with its own website and product lines. Two ideas run through the range: a lipid base modelled on the skin's own fats, and a porous silver ingredient the company calls MikroSilber. ## History & milestones According to the company's own summary of key facts, Hans Karrer was founded in 2008 [2]. The same summary describes the business in a few short lines. It makes four dermatological care concepts, produced to pharmaceutical manufacturing standards. It offers care intended to accompany medical treatment of skin diseases and hair loss. It also sells food supplements aimed at dermatological problems. Germany is named as both its research base and its production site. The company's registered seat is in Augsburg [3]. It does not publicly name a founder, and it has published no detailed account of its early years. The range is not limited to topical creams. According to the company, its supplements contain collagen peptides, omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants and micronutrients. It presents these as part of the same care concepts as its skin and hair products, not as a separate business. Spanish trade press, reporting on the company's ownership, described it as a German laboratory specialising in the treatment of hair loss and in skin care [12]. ## Ownership Hans Karrer GmbH is owned by Laboratorio Genové S.A., the dermocosmetics arm of the Spanish multinational AC Marca. The German company states this relationship itself on its website [2]. AC Marca also owns household and personal-care names such as Norit, Sanytol and Lactovit. Within the group, Genové makes and sells dermatological products under several brands, including Pilopetan, Noxzema, Fluidbase, Genosun and Genocutan [11]. Hans Karrer sits in this dermocosmetics division alongside them. Forbes España reported that AC Marca employed more than 1,000 people worldwide [11]. Inside the Spanish group, the products are still labelled and marketed as Hans Karrer. The company continues to name Germany as its research and production location. ## Philosophy & positioning Hans Karrer frames skin disease as a serious blow to quality of life. On its "about us" page, the company writes that visible skin problems make it harder for many people to take part in social life. It says its aim is to ease skin conditions through dermatological care. To do so, it draws on modern science and on careful attention to production and product safety. The tagline "Hautfreunde fürs Leben" ("skin friends for life") appears across its website. The company describes itself as a long-standing expert in healthy skin and full hair. It says it develops products together with dermatologists, pharmacists and people who have the conditions themselves. That professional angle shapes much of its activity. According to Hans Karrer, it runs training sessions for dermatologists and pharmacists on its products and ingredients. It also supports dermatology congresses and further-education events with talks and product presentations. The website has a separate area for medical professionals, and the company says it supplies information, product samples and studies to doctors and pharmacists. On the consumer side, the brand builds its message around what its products leave out. Under the heading "Warum Hans Karrer?" ("Why Hans Karrer?") the company lists dermatological expertise and products without synthetic dyes, parabens, mineral oil or aluminium. Its FAQ adds silicones, fragrances and conventional emulsifiers to the list of avoided ingredients. The company also states that its products contain no comedogenic substances, meaning ingredients known to clog pores. The fragrance claim is not consistent across the brand's own pages. The FAQ and the "about us" page both say its care products are free of fragrances. Yet the company's own Basispflege line includes a product sold as "Lipolotion parfümiert", a perfumed body lotion [5]. The range therefore appears to be largely, but not entirely, fragrance-free. A similar qualification applies to vegan claims. The company says the majority of its products are vegan. It names several exceptions: TRICHO SENSE Intensiv, the TRICHO SENSE hair tablets, the Mandelölsalbe almond-oil ointment, Innoskin Omega plus and Visiopiel Drinkable Collagen. The brand is positioned as pharmacy dermocosmetics. According to its FAQ, its products are available in every pharmacy in Germany and Austria, as well as through its own webshop [6]. Forbes España gave a slightly wider footprint, reporting that the laboratory sells through pharmacies and parapharmacies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria [11]. Both accounts place the brand firmly in German-speaking Europe. ## Products & innovation Hans Karrer organises its range into five care lines. Each targets a different set of skin or hair needs. **Basispflege** is the everyday base line. The company describes it as dermatologically developed care that supports the skin's own protection and strengthens the skin barrier in normal to dry skin. It includes Mandelölsalbe, Lipocreme, Lipolotion, a face cream called Gesichtscreme Repair, an eyelid cream, the hand cream Protect and the wash product Clean Complete. According to the FAQ, the Basispflege products can be used from birth. The line is built on what the company calls Derma-Membran-Basis, or DMB. This is a base of lipids similar to those found naturally in the skin. The company presents DMB as the foundation of its body care, and it recurs across several product lines. **MikroSilber** is the line most closely tied to the brand's identity. The company describes the ingredient as elementary, high-purity porous silver with an average particle size of about 8 to 10 micrometres. It says MikroSilber acts against bacteria and works only on the surface of the skin [6]. The homepage states that the silver is made in a patented process, without saying who holds the patent. Products in the line include Hand Repair MikroSilber, Hydrocreme MikroSilber, Lipolotion and Lipocreme MikroSilber, a cleansing gel and a tinted pigment cream. The company recommends the MikroSilber products from the age of one. **TRICHO SENSE** is the hair line. The company calls it a care concept for full, strong hair, combined with food supplements. It covers shampoos, including an anti-dandruff version, scalp treatments such as TRICHO SENSE Intensiv and Capilla, and hair tablets and capsules. Some tablets are marketed specifically for women. **Visiopiel** is described as dermatological anti-ageing care and nutricosmetics, meaning beauty products taken by mouth. The line includes a retinol and vitamin C cream and fluid, face masks, a day cream with SPF 30 and a drinkable collagen supplement. **INNOSKIN** is a supplement line containing biotin and a fish-oil concentrate. The company says it supports the skin's function from within. On its homepage, the company highlights a short list of its own recommended products. These are TRICHOSENSE Intensiv, Hand Repair MikroSilber, Hydrocreme MikroSilber, Mandelölsalbe and the Visiopiel Retinol + Vit C Creme, among others. The same page lets visitors search by concern. The listed concerns include dry, ageing and oily skin, hand eczema, acne-like conditions, atopic dermatitis, seborrhoeic eczema, psoriasis, skin folds and preventive care for people with diabetes. ## Science & innovation Hans Karrer says its dermocosmetic products are made in Germany to pharmaceutical good manufacturing practice, the quality standard used for medicines [2]. Its supplements, the company adds, are produced under food-industry manufacturing rules. It also states that its products are developed and made on the basis of prospective studies, meaning studies that follow participants forward in time. The company outlines several goals for its biopharmaceutical and clinical research on skin products. One is improving skin structure and the skin's microbiome in ageing skin. Another is strengthening antibacterial effects in care for conditions such as acne or atopic eczema. Others include better products for the scalp, hands and skin folds, and effective protection against UVA and UVB rays. Its clinical work on supplements, it says, aims at new products for keeping hair and supporting hair growth. No third-party certifications are documented for the brand, and no named research partners or patents held by the company are publicly identified. ## Current status Hans Karrer operates as an acquired brand within AC Marca's Genové division. It continues to trade under its own name from Augsburg. Its website remains live, with a product finder, an FAQ and a professional area for doctors and pharmacists. The footer carries a 2025 copyright line. The company's consumer blog was active through 2023, with articles on retinol, hormonal hair loss in women, microplastics in cosmetics and vegan cosmetics. Its most recent dated post appeared on 15 January 2024 [7]. The FAQ refers to product changes taking effect from batches with best-before dates in August and December 2025, which indicates that the range is still in production. ## Timeline {#belagg-timeline} | Year | Event | Source | |---|---|---| | 2008 | Company founded (per the brand's own 'Faktencheck') | https://www.hans-karrer.de/ueber-uns/#philosophie | | 2019 | Spanish group AC Marca acquires 51% of Hans Karrer GmbH | https://forbes.es/ultima-hora/224018/ac-marca-norit-y-lactovit-completa-la-compra-de-la-firma-de-dermocosmetica-alemana-hans-karrer-gmbh/ | | 2019 | AC Marca (Spain) acquires a 51% stake in Hans Karrer GmbH | https://www.interempresas.net/Farmacia/Articulos/464983-AC-Marca-completa-la-compra-de-la-firma-de-dermocosmetica-alemana-Hans-Karrer-GmbH.html | | 2023 | AC Marca completes the purchase of 100% of Hans Karrer GmbH (reported 25 January 2023); the business is integrated into Genové, AC Marca's dermocosmetics division | https://forbes.es/ultima-hora/224018/ac-marca-norit-y-lactovit-completa-la-compra-de-la-firma-de-dermocosmetica-alemana-hans-karrer-gmbh/ | | 2023 | AC Marca completes the full acquisition; Hans Karrer is integrated into Genové, AC Marca's dermocosmetics division | https://www.interempresas.net/Farmacia/Articulos/464983-AC-Marca-completa-la-compra-de-la-firma-de-dermocosmetica-alemana-Hans-Karrer-GmbH.html | ## Signature products {#belagg-products} - **TRICHOSENSE® Intensiv** — TRICHOSENSE® Intensiv — https://www.hans-karrer.de/ - **Hand Repair MikroSilber** — Hand Repair MikroSilber — https://www.hans-karrer.de/ - **Hydrocreme MikroSilber** — Hydrocreme MikroSilber — https://www.hans-karrer.de/ - **Mandelölsalbe** — Mandelölsalbe — https://www.hans-karrer.de/ - **Visiopiel® Retinol + Vit C Creme** — Visiopiel® Retinol + Vit C Creme — https://www.hans-karrer.de/ ## Key ingredients {#belagg-ingredients} MikroSilber (microsilver) · skin-identical lipids (Derma-Membran-Basis, DMB) Source: https://www.hans-karrer.de/faq/ ## Proprietary technologies & patents {#belagg-tech} - Derma-Membran-Basis (DMB) — https://www.hans-karrer.de/ueber-uns/#philosophie ## Mentioned in {#belagg-press} - **Forbes España** (2023) — News item (25 January 2023) on AC Marca completing its purchase of Hans Karrer GmbH; states the Augsburg laboratory had 24 employees and sells in pharmacies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria — https://forbes.es/ultima-hora/224018/ac-marca-norit-y-lactovit-completa-la-compra-de-la-firma-de-dermocosmetica-alemana-hans-karrer-gmbh/ - **Interempresas (Farmacia y cosmética)** (2023) — Trade-press article (25 January 2023) on the completed acquisition and the integration into Genové — https://www.interempresas.net/Farmacia/Articulos/464983-AC-Marca-completa-la-compra-de-la-firma-de-dermocosmetica-alemana-Hans-Karrer-GmbH.html ## Sources 2. (T1) https://www.hans-karrer.de/ueber-uns/#philosophie 3. (T2) https://www.hans-karrer.de/impressum/ 5. (T2) https://www.hans-karrer.de/pflegeserie/basispflege/ 6. (T2) https://www.hans-karrer.de/faq/ 7. (T2) https://www.hans-karrer.de/blog/ 11. (T4) https://forbes.es/ultima-hora/224018/ac-marca-norit-y-lactovit-completa-la-compra-de-la-firma-de-dermocosmetica-alemana-hans-karrer-gmbh/ 12. (T4) https://www.interempresas.net/Farmacia/Articulos/464983-AC-Marca-completa-la-compra-de-la-firma-de-dermocosmetica-alemana-Hans-Karrer-GmbH.html --- Glowpedia · · Published 2026-09-30 Please cite with a link to the article URL.