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Foundational Treatment
Foundational Treatment
Foundational Treatment
Foundational Treatment
Foundational Treatment
Foundational Treatment

Foundational Treatment

Once-weekly skin reset, powered by Bioneedle™

This is Bioneedling: not your typical topical. A professional-grade, once-weekly treatment made for home, using wild-harvested freshwater sponge we call Bioneedle™. An easy-to-apply, all-natural mask for powerful skin renewal results to improve look of fine lines, dark spots, skin texture, and overall brightness.

Ingredients

Bioneedle™: 100% powdered Spongilla lacustris (all-natural, freshwater sponge)
Activator: Hydrogen peroxide, water

What’s included*

Each kit contains 4 weekly treatments.

Each treatment contains:

  • 1x Bioneedle™
  • 1x Activator
  • 1x Brush 

*Already have your Tome Box? Refills are packaged simply, so you can replenish your treatments without the extra packaging.

Results and testing

After 4 treatments (1 kit):

  • 100% agreed their skin texture improved
  • 100% agreed their skin was brighter
  • 100% agreed their skin felt firmer
  • 96% reported an improvement in fine lines
  • 96% reported smoother, more even skin
  • 90% reported an improvement in dark spots
  • 90% agreed their skin looked revitalized

In a clinical study, 31 participants were followed for 4 weeks. Each participant applied Tome Foundational Treatment once each week.

How it works

Bioneedle™ is a freshwater sponge that’s been known for its skin enhancing properties for centuries. Now, we wild-harvest it through traceable sourcing, powder it and deliver it to you as the hero ingredient in our Foundational Treatment. 

It’s made up of spicules: microscopic, rod-like shapes that creates micro-channels (microscopic openings) in the skin. This process helps spur the skin renewal process while letting the naturally-occurring organic compounds of the sponge go to work deeper in the skin. 

As your skin goes through the healing process each week, it will reveal brighter, smoother, firmer skin.

What to expect

The Foundational Treatment is designed to be professional-grade, but safe to use once a week at home. Keep in mind that there will be some downtime for your skin after using the treatment. You may experience 5-7 days of downtime at first, including some redness and tingling for 24-48 hours, and peeling starting around 72 hours post-treatment. As you get into the routine, expect the downtime to get shorter with each use.

Make professional-grade results feel right at home.

The Foundational Treatment offers powerful skin resurfacing benefits you don’t need an appointment for. It’s deeply researched and rigorously tested for efficacy, making it a first-of-its-kind treatment that’s easy and safe enough to apply at home. In a four week clinical study, clinicians saw:

After 4 treatments

After 1 treatment

Bioneedle™: Nothing added, nothing removed

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Spicules: Tiny, needle-like structures that create micro-channels in the skin.

Organic matter: Two hero compounds (NAG and chitin) that surround the spicules, offering even more benefits to the skin.

Only our Bioneedle™ preserves the power of the whole freshwater sponge, drawing on both the unhydrolyzed spicules and the organic matter that naturally coats them. While the spicules accelerate skin renewal, supporting  exfoliation and resurfacing, they simultaneously deliver the organic compounds directly into deeper layers of the skin for greater bioavailability. These unified benefits make Bioneedle™ a truly original path to revitalized skin. 

How to use

How it works

FAQ

How often should I use the Foundational Treatment?
One Tome Foundational Treatment kit contains a total of 4 treatments (one monthly supply). To get the full benefits of our Foundational Treatment, we recommend using it weekly for at least 4 weeks to see the full renewal benefits. After each weekly treatment the skin continues to renew itself to make it appear fresher and more radiant than the week before. Once you complete your first 4 weeks of treatments, it’s recommended to continue doing Tome treatments less frequently to maintain overall skin health and longevity. The Foundational Treatment can be tailored to your skincare goals — everyone uses Tome differently based on their skin type and lifestyle. As a subscriber, you can go into your account and adjust your delivery frequency based on what works for your desired routine.
What types of skin can use Tome Foundational Treatment?
Tome is built for most skin types, but the application can be tailored to your skin type. If you have sensitive skin, start with lighter pressure and less massage time and increase each week as tolerable. It is important to massage the spicules into the skin, so they can get to work. That is the power of the Bioneedle™. Tome is also safe to use on acne-prone skin. We do not recommend Tome Foundational Treatment be applied to patients with rosacea, atopic dermatitis, or who have open wounds.
How quickly will I see results?
In a clinical study, 31 participants were followed for 4 weeks. Each participant applied Tome Foundational Treatment once each week. After just 1 treatment, 87% of people reported visible improvements in their skin. In addition, clinicians saw an 80% increase in skin radiance, a 42% improvement in hyperpigmentation, and a 29% decrease in fine lines. After 4 treatments (1 Foundational Treatment kit), clinicians saw a 96% improvement in overall skin appearance, a 93% decrease in fine lines, a 90% improvement in radiance, and a 67% improvement in hyperpigmentation.
What can I expect to see and feel after using Tome Foundational Treatment?
Tome is a professional-grade treatment designed to be skincare you can feel working, but is safe to use at home. You should expect some temporary redness and a tingling sensation upon application, which many consumers say feels spicy. This redness and feeling should fade over the next 24-48 hours. Then 2-3 days later you may experience mild peeling, allowing the new, fresh skin to the surface. All are expected from the application and are good signs that the Bioneedle™ is working in your skin! Our Bioneedle™ contains millions of spicules (needle-like rods) that penetrate the skin to help exfoliate dead skin cells while promoting blood flow. The increase in blood flow helps brings oxygen and blood cells to the surface to spur skin renewal. With each weekly application, you can expect the downtime to get shorter. 
What is Bioneedle™?
Bioneedle™ is our hero ingredient in the Tome Foundational Treatment and is the center of all things we do at Tome. Bioneedle™ is a 100% natural, freshwater sponge that we wild harvest and minimally process into a powder. The sponge is made up of two key parts: spicules + organic compounds. Spicules are microscopic, needle-like shapes within the sponge. There is approximately 1 million spicules in just one Tome treatment — when massaged into the skin, they create microchannels in the top layer of skin during application to spur skin renewal and aid in skin longevity. The organic matter of our freshwater sponge naturally contains chitin, a skin-supporting compound made up of N-acetylglucosamine (NAG). While NAG is a common skincare ingredient, our spicules create microchannels that help deliver NAG and chitin deeper into the skin to brighten and support the skin barrier.

Ancestral ingredients


Bioneedle™ is a freshwater sponge that has been used for centuries in folk medicine.

Wildly sourced

Bioneedle™ is harvested in a traceable, environmentally-friendly way from European rivers.

Made for home

The Foundational Treatment offers professional-grade results in one safe, easy-to-apply mask.

Powerfully renewing

Visibly smooths, brightens, and accelerates the skin’s natural exfoliation cycle.