NIOD
NIOD stands for Non-Invasive Options in Dermal Science, a UK-based brand from DECIEM, the same company behind The Ordinary. Featured on Alpenique for openly stated peptide concentrations, not brand history alone.
A serum built directly around 1% GHK-Cu copper peptide, the exact ingredient covered in our dedicated guide.
NIOD: Non-Invasive Options in Dermal Science
NIOD was founded in 2015 as part of DECIEM, the UK-based company that also owns The Ordinary. The name is an acronym for Non-Invasive Options in Dermal Science, reflecting the brand’s stated focus on formulating around technical, ingredient-driven skincare rather than invasive procedures or trend-driven claims.
We feature NIOD on Alpenique for a specific reason: its formulations frequently disclose the actual concentration of key active ingredients on the product page, rather than listing an ingredient without context. Where a NIOD product states a specific percentage of a named peptide, such as GHK-Cu, we cover that ingredient directly and cross-reference it with our own guides to peptide science, rather than repeating the brand’s own marketing claims.
As with every brand covered on this site, inclusion here is based on formulation transparency and ingredient relevance to the topics we write about, not brand prestige or sponsorship. Any NIOD product referenced in our guides is selected because its named, disclosed ingredients connect directly to something we’ve explained elsewhere on the site.