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Est. 2021 · Boulder, CO
Bloran Shop N° 001 · The Diagnostic

Issue 04 · The Compounding Catalogue

One test. One regimen. Seventeen biomarkers.

A 90-second at-home skin barrier and microbiome assay, read by CLIA-validated lab protocols and matched against a 14,200-person concordance study. The result is the prescription premise for every bottle we compound under your name.

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Price per test
$148 · one-time, applied to first regimen
Result turnaround
72 hours · compounded in Boulder, CO
Clinician sign-off
Every flagged regimen
Bloran microfluidic diagnostic cassette resting on a brushed steel lab tray
The microfluidic cassette · 17 biomarker channels · single-use, track-and-trace batched to your record.

02 · What lands at your door

Itemized. After the 72-hour compounding window.

Every shipment is batch-numbered, weighed, and dispatched from our 18,000 sq ft FDA-registered 503B facility in Boulder. Nothing is drop-shipped from a third-party warehouse. Nothing is white-label.

  1. 01

    The Diagnostic Kit

    A microfluidic cassette, a sterile lancet, a sealed buffer vial, and a prepaid return mailer. Ninety seconds of self-collection — no clinic visit, no refrigeration.

    • Channels17 biomarkers
    • Concordance vs. in-clinic derm92.4%
    • Self-collection time~90 sec
    • Shelf life18 months
  2. 02

    The 8-Week Compounded Pod Set

    Airless 10 mL biodegradable refill pods, batch-traceable from the raw API to your doorstep. Concentrations calibrated to the biomarker readout of your first kit, then re-tuned at every refill against your skin diary telemetry.

    • Pods per cycle4 × AM · 4 × PM
    • Refill cadence~56 days median
    • Reorders on subscription past month 684%
    • ContainerBiodegradable pod, refill-only
  3. 03

    Mineral SPF 50 · Daily Base

    Non-comedogenic zinc-only broad spectrum, formulated with the same ceramide-restore base as your compounded regimen to keep barrier recovery uninterrupted through UV exposure.

    • Active22% non-nano zinc
    • FormatAirless 30 mL
    • Reef statusReef-compliant formulation
    • FinishUntinted, satin
  4. 04

    Soothing Rescue Serum

    A clinician-approved adjunct dispensed with your second refill onward — held back from the first shipment on purpose, since most reactive-skin phenotypes calm substantially by week 3 and don't need it.

    • Primary activesCentella · Panthenol 5%
    • FormatDropper 30 mL
    • Use windowOnset of reactivity
    • Compat. noteLayer-safe with all Bloran pods

03 · The skeptical answer

Why we ask you to test your skin before we let us formulate for it.

Because guessing is the problem you came here to escape.

Most skincare is built around category archetypes — "sensitive," "dry," "mature" — that ignore what is actually happening at the stratum corneum. Two people can read as the same skin type on a questionnaire and respond to entirely different actives. That is why the same product can rescue one routine and torch another.

The Bloran test reads your barrier integrity, your microbiome diversity, your lipid ratios, and your inflammatory markers across seventeen channels. Our compounding software then maps that readout against a 14,200-person concordance study — the same study that put us at a 92.4% agreement rate with in-clinic dermatologist assessments — and selects a starting formula from over 4,000 valid permutations. A licensed clinician on our 22-person advisory board reviews every flagged regimen before it ships. The kit is not a marketing gate. It is a clinical instrument, and it is the only honest way to begin.

Then the loop keeps learning. Every daily skin diary entry flows back into a refill algorithm that has, across our subscriber base, produced measurable improvement in the primary concern of 71% of customers by week 4. Your second bottle is not a repeat. It is an adjustment.

  • 92.4%Concordance with in-clinic dermatologist assessment (n=14,200+)
  • 97.3%Diagnostic-to-formulation match rate, SGS-audited 2023
  • 71%Subscribers seeing measurable improvement in primary concern by week 4
  • 22Licensed clinicians on review (9 board-certified dermatologists)

A diagnostic is a prerequisite, not a purchase. If your readout returns within normal bounds and our clinicians recommend no intervention, we tell you — and refund the kit.

04 · The numbers behind every kit we ship

What "validated" actually means here.

01

CLIA-validated

Lab-grade at-home collection

The only direct-to-consumer skincare diagnostic to meet Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment standards for waived complexity testing. We hold three issued microfluidic sampling patents (US 11,890,332; 11,956,433; 12,041,118).

02

503B FDA-registered

Compounded in our own facility

18,000 sq ft of compounding space in Boulder, CO. No white-label stock, no third-party batches — every formula is traceable from raw API to the pod in your hand, audited annually.

03

11 peer-reviewed studies

Evidence you can pull up

Including the March 2024 JCAD publication on ceramide-restore efficacy in sensitive-skin phenotypes. Indexed in PubMed, downloadable from our journal — no paywalls, no embargoes.

04

22 clinicians on call

A clinician reviews every flag

Our advisory board includes 9 board-certified dermatologists, 2 allergists, and a cosmetic chemist. Algorithms propose formulations; humans sign off on anything outside the safe envelope.

05 · Begin

Ready to see what your skin is actually telling you?

The diagnostic is a ninety-second test. It ships in a plain unmarked mailer. There is no consultation fee, no subscription lock-in, and no algorithm-only path — a clinician reads your readout before anything is compounded.

Start My Skin Diagnosis $148 · applied to your first 8-week regimen

If your diagnostic returns within normal bounds and our clinicians recommend no intervention, the kit is refundable in full. No retention script, no re-marketing campaign — just an honest referral back to your existing routine.