Mads Timmermann

– Founder, Skincare Expert & Chief Research Officer

Certified cosmetologist • 18 years of experience • 100,000+ customers • 3,000+ hours of research & product development

I’ve worked professionally with skin since 2008, when I started writing about skincare online. That means I’ve been communicating skin knowledge for 18 years – long before I founded Danish Skin Care.

In 2010, I completed my education as a cosmetologist and passed a physician-examined certification as a Skincare Therapist / Skin Care Therapist with a specialization in breakouts, acne and problem-prone skin.

That’s also where I wrote my final thesis on acne – because I had personally struggled with breakouts for more than 10 years.

In 2011, I founded Danish Skin Care with one goal:

To create honest, effective, and research-based skincare that helps people with problem skin – without bullshit, fragrance, or miracle promises.

Experience & work

• Founder and Chief Research & Science Officer at Danish Skin Care
• 15 years of product development and ingredient formulation
• First-hand experience with thousands of acne and breakout cases
• Written and edited 500+ skincare articles and guides
• Developed skincare products used by more than 100,000 customers
• Author of 3 books on skincare (sold in 10,000+ copies)
• Former skincare expert in magazines and on TV – including featured as a skincare and acne expert on TV2 Go’ Morgen Danmark
• Hosted 3 large live events on skincare and well-being (AWESOME EVENT 2017–2019) with 1,000+ participants per event

Recognition & awards

Danish Skin Care has received the Børsen Gazelle Award four times – an award given to companies with documented strong and healthy growth over time.

To me, it’s a recognition that you can build commercial success without compromising on expertise, trust, and honest communication.

Professional approach

I base all my knowledge and guidance on:

• Clinical experience from working with problem-prone skin
• Documented research and peer-reviewed studies
• Ingredient data + real-life test results from our customers
• Critical thinking – not hype
• A simple principle: The skin should be supported, not stressed

Scientific
reference framework 

Danish Skin Care’s content and product development are based, among other things, on research and studies from:

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, British Journal of Dermatology, Clinical, Cosmetic & Investigational Dermatology, International Journal of Cosmetic Science, Lasers in Surgery & Medicine, The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery & Oncology, Skin Pharmacology and Physiology, Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine – and many more.

My personal story

If you want to know exactly why I started Danish Skin Care – and how I personally escaped my acne hell – you can read my full story here.