Two Korean products with NAD and NMN launched on September 22, 2026 — isoi’s NAD Cheek & Wrinkle Patch and THOME’s NMN 10X Poten-Zome Pore Lifting Serum. Here is what the ingredients are claimed to do, how the two formats differ, and what to verify on price and overseas availability before buying.
What Is NAD in Skincare, and What Is NMN?
| isoi NAD Cheek & Wrinkle Patch | 99% purity NAD at 100ppm — patch format, cheek and wrinkle zones |
|---|---|
| THOME NMN 10X Poten-Zome Pore Lifting Serum | 99.8% purity NMN — serum format, all-over daily use, pore-lifting claim |
| Retail price — both products | No primary-source price found as of 2026-09-26 (4 days after launch) |
NAD is described in Korean cosmetics coverage as a substance that helps activate ATP, the body’s energy source, and with it cellular energy metabolism.
NMN is described as helping regenerate damaged DNA.
Both are positioned in the anti-aging and skin-regeneration lane, not brightening.
These are the descriptions the Korean beauty and trade press uses, and they are marketing claims about the ingredients — not proven effects of the finished products.
In the Korean industry’s own split, NAD and NMN sit in the ‘active’ column, meaning ingredients assigned an efficacy role, as opposed to ‘base’ ingredients that only shape texture and feel.
The practical takeaway is narrow but real: if you see NAD or NMN on a label, you are looking at a regeneration-positioned product, and the mechanism story on the box comes from the ingredient narrative, not from independent testing of that product.
How well either ingredient actually performs on skin is a separate question, taken up below.
The Two 2026 Korean Products: isoi NAD Patch vs THOME NMN Serum
isoi launched its NAD Cheek & Wrinkle Patch on 2026-09-22, specifying 99% purity NAD at a 100ppm concentration.
THOME launched its NMN 10X Poten-Zome Pore Lifting Serum in the same 2026-09-22 batch, competing on a 99.8% NMN purity claim.
The practical difference is the format, and the format decides where the product goes on your face and how often you use it.
| isoi NAD Cheek & Wrinkle Patch | THOME NMN 10X Poten-Zome Serum | |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredient | NAD, 99% purity at 100ppm | NMN, 99.8% purity |
| Format | Patch (leave-on) | Serum (daily) |
| Use zone | Cheek and wrinkle zones, localized | Whole face, all-over |
| Claimed benefit | Targeted wrinkle-zone care | Pore lifting |
| Launch | September 22, 2026 | September 22, 2026 |
If you want care concentrated on cheek lines or a specific wrinkle zone, the patch is the format built for that — a serum spreads across the whole face and does not concentrate on one spot.
If you want one product that slots into a daily routine, the serum fits better; the patch is a leave-on for specific zones, not an all-over step.
On the purity numbers, THOME’s 99.8% NMN and isoi’s 99% NAD at 100ppm differ by 0.8 percentage points, but they are different ingredients in different formats, so the gap is indicative only — it is not a like-for-like comparison.
Do NAD Patches Work?
The honest answer: the claims are claim-level, and no independent clinical evidence for topical NAD or NMN in cosmetics was found in this pass.
What exists is the ingredient narrative — NAD tied to ATP activation, NMN to DNA-repair support — reported by Korean trade press and by the brands.
The pattern to know here is PDRN.
PDRN, DNA fragments extracted mainly from salmon, started in dermatology clinics, then moved into cosmetics and became the most-watched K-beauty ingredient of the previous year, with many brands launching PDRN lines.
NAD and NMN are now following that same clinic-to-cosmetics path, and the coverage treats them as the next-generation functional ingredients after PDRN.
That path tells you how an ingredient gets marketed; it does not tell you how well a patch works on your skin.
When a product this new appears, the first thing to check is whether any testing exists beyond the brand’s own description — and for these two, the Korean press cites ingredient-science narratives, not clinical trials.
If ‘does it work’ is the question that decides the purchase for you, neither product gives you an independent answer yet, and waiting costs nothing.
Why NAD and NMN Are Showing Up in Korean Skincare Now
NAD and NMN are arriving in cosmetics now because PDRN opened the route a year earlier, and the same manufacturing base can carry the next ingredient through it.
Per an ODM industry source, ‘PDRN and collagen are steady sellers, and retinol and bakuchiol are also popular; as interest in skin regeneration continues, NAD and NMN are emerging.’
Both new ingredients are spreading from pharmaceuticals and health functional foods into cosmetics, the same expansion PDRN made.
The infrastructure behind it is the Korean ODM system: COSMAX and Kolmar, the global No.
1 and No.
2 contract manufacturers, hold thousands of cosmetics patent applications, which is what lets small Korean brands ship high-concentration ingredient lines quickly.
For you as a shopper, the comparison set is PDRN, collagen, retinol and bakuchiol — ingredients with a longer track record in cosmetics and steadier availability.
NAD and NMN are the emerging names in that same regeneration lane, and the brands leading with ingredient names and concentrations is the current pattern in Korean beauty media, one that overseas ingredient-focused shoppers have been following since tranexamic acid and azelaic acid.
THOME NMN Serum Price and isoi NAD Patch Price
As of 2026-09-26, both products have been on the market 4 days, and no retail price for either has appeared in a primary source.
Neither launch article lists a KRW price, and no brand or retailer page with a number was found within a six-month window.
Because no primary-source price exists, this post does not estimate one — a number quoted by a blog or a reseller right now has nothing behind it, so check whether the page you are reading names its source before treating any figure as real.
What to watch instead: the brands’ own product pages and the Olive Young Global listing, which is where a first confirmed price would normally appear.
If I were set on trying one of these, I would wait a few weeks until a price and a Global listing show up — 4 days after launch, buying anything means guessing at the cost.
Where to Buy the isoi NAD Patch and THOME Serum From Abroad
The default overseas channel for K-beauty ingredient shopping is Olive Young Global, but whether either new product is stocked there is unconfirmed as of September 26, 2026 — 4 days after launch.
Before ordering, verify two things on the retailer page itself: that the product is listed in stock, and that the price shown comes from the retailer rather than a reseller estimate.
Whether either product ships overseas by any route other than Olive Young Global — official brand store, proxy service, or direct purchase — is also unverified, so assume you may need a proxy service or may simply need to wait.
This wave of launches is aimed at exactly the shopper who searches by ingredient — the same overseas buyers who moved Korean brands toward tranexamic acid and azelaic acid labeling.
If that describes you, the practical sequence is: check the Global listing first, fall back to a proxy purchase only if the product appears on a Korean retail page first, and skip any page quoting a price with no source.
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Sources
- Launch specs only (99% NAD, 100ppm); no price listed (meconomynews.com)
- Supple article: NAD/NMN named next-gen ingredients after PDR (supple.kr)
- Ingredient-led naming and overseas ingredient-search demand (kissinskin.net)
What to Watch After September 26
- Confirmed so far: two launches on September 22, 2026 — isoi NAD Cheek & Wrinkle Patch (99% NAD, 100ppm) and THOME NMN 10X Poten-Zome Serum (99.8% NMN), covered by at least two Korean beauty outlets in the same week.
- Not confirmed as of September 26, 2026: retail prices, Olive Young Global stocking, product volumes and pack counts, and usage instructions for either product.
- First dates to watch: when either brand’s own product page or Olive Young Global lists a confirmed KRW price — that listing is also where overseas availability becomes checkable.
- Figures in this post are as of September 26, 2026 (4 days after the launches).
FAQ
Q. What is NAD in skincare?
In Korean cosmetics coverage, NAD is described as a substance that helps activate ATP — the body’s energy source — and with it cellular energy metabolism. It is an anti-aging and regeneration positioning, and the description is a marketing claim, not a proven effect of any finished product.
Q. Do NAD patches work?
No independent clinical evidence for topical NAD or NMN in cosmetics was found in this pass; the claims come from ingredient-science narratives and the Korean trade press. Treat ‘ATP activation’ and ‘DNA repair support’ as claims to weigh, not tested results.
Q. THOME NMN serum price?
No retail price for the THOME NMN 10X Poten-Zome Pore Lifting Serum had appeared in any primary source as of September 26, 2026, four days after launch. Wait for a number on the brand’s own page or an Olive Young Global listing before relying on any figure.
Q. isoi NAD patch where to buy?
isoi launched the NAD Cheek & Wrinkle Patch on September 22, 2026, but Olive Young Global stocking is unconfirmed as of September 26. Check the Global listing first; if the patch appears on a Korean retail page first, a proxy purchase is the fallback.
Q. NAD or NMN — which should I pick?
NAD is positioned as cell-energy and metabolism support; NMN as DNA-repair support. The two 2026 products also differ in format — isoi’s patch targets cheek and wrinkle zones, THOME’s serum is an all-over daily product — so your use case decides before the ingredient name does.
Check Olive Young Global for the isoi patch and THOME serum listings before ordering either product from abroad.
Cover photo: AI-generated illustration (skincare serum bottle) — AI-generated image, illustrative only
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