We are the current practitioners in a tradition that predates written history. The methods evolve; the materials remain. Fresh goat milk, carefully collected and thoughtfully applied, continues to benefit skin as it has since humans first raised goats. From Hippocrates to Galen to our Washington State farm, the tradition continues.
When someone asks why goat milk is good for sensitive skin, pH compatibility is part of the answer. It's invisible, technical, and unmeasurable without laboratory equipment. But it matters—and the ancient healers, through observation and experience, figured it out long before the science existed to explain it.
The researchers began systematically testing compounds that might loosen the thick keratinized layer without requiring such brutal intervention. They screened more than 60 substances for their antikeratinogenic properties—their ability to reduce abnormal keratin formation.
Medical writers noted the phenomenon without being able to explain it. Before the germ theory of disease and before biochemistry existed, they could only observe that something about regular milk contact produced consistent skin benefits. The mechanism remained mysterious.
Modern science has since identified why aloe works: it's approximately 95% water combined with a complex mixture of polysaccharides (notably acemannan), vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and enzymes. But the ancient Egyptians didn't need gas chromatography to know that aloe soothed burns, hydrated dry skin, and helped wounds heal faster. They simply observed results.
For aloe vera specifically, Dioscorides documented its use for treating wounds, preventing hair loss, healing skin ulcers, and addressing various dermatological conditions. He recorded the plant's ability to stop bleeding, reduce inflammation, and promote healing—observations that would be validated by scientific research nearly two millennia later.
Your skin repairs itself constantly. Every wound that heals, every bit of damage that fades, every morning you wake up with smoother skin than the night before—fibroblasts are doing that work.
Within 24 hours, the itching and burning sensations subsided. Over the following weeks, the skin began regenerating. By five weeks, normal skin sensation was restored. Most significantly, after three months, the forehead pigmented normally when exposed to sunshine—matching the rest of her healthy skin. No scar formation occurred.
For thousands of years, healers noticed that aloe vera helped wounds heal faster, calmed inflamed skin, and supported overall skin health. They documented these effects carefully—from the Papyrus Ebers to Dioscorides' De Materia Medica—but couldn't explain why aloe worked.
Participation in the half-marathon was associated with significantly increased markers of oxidative stress, muscle damage, and pain—exactly what exercise physiology would predict. While the time-by-treatment results didn’t reach statistical significance for outcome measures, the MSM group saw clinically significant reductions in both muscle and joint pain compared to placebo.
The relationship between humans and goats isn't just ancient history—it's woven into the fabric of how we became who we are. From Mesopotamian mud tablets to Egyptian pyramids, from Greek mythology to Roman beauty rituals, goats have been there, shaping our nutrition, our economy, our spirituality, and yes, our skincare.
This farm-to-face approach might seem inefficient by modern manufacturing standards. It certainly limits our production scale compared to brands that can order 55-gallon drums of synthetic lactic acid. But it produces skincare that works differently—more gently, more holistically, more aligned with how human skin evolved to respond to natural nutrients.
The 1990s saw alpha-hydroxy acids become mainstream skincare ingredients. Glycolic acid initially dominated the market due to its small molecular size and aggressive exfoliation—qualities that appealed to consumers seeking fast, visible results.
