Desk · Founder

Khabir Uddin, Founder

Khabir Uddin is the founder of Elelaf Skincare and the Elelaf Journal. The brand launched in 2026 with three product lines built around specific scientific territories: the skin microbiome, regenerative biotech (peptides, PDRN, growth-factor signaling), and the cortisol-skin axis. Khabir writes under the Founder byline on Editorial pieces about the brand, the manifesto, and the why-we-decided-X essays. Reported pieces, ingredient explainers, condition guides, and reviews are written by the desks. The separation is deliberate — the founder doesn't set the editorial line for skin health, ingredients, routines, or reviews. The desks operate independently and are free to disagree with the brand publicly. When they do, the disagreement gets published. Elelaf the brand owns Elelaf the Journal. The Journal does not review Elelaf products. When the Journal covers a category that touches Elelaf products (microbiome serums, peptide creams, mindful application protocols), it links to category pages, not product pages, and the brand connection is disclosed.

https://journal.elelaf.com/about/