CureSkin, a Bengaluru based new technology-enabled startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) for image recognition, to detect various skin conditions from a photo, recently secured USD 500k from SenseAI.

Conceptualized in 2017, by ex-Google employees Rama, Guna and a dermatologist Charu Sharme, the company uses breakthrough technology to make the skin-care treatment personal and customized. All information provided in the app and treatment regimens are confidential to you and highly secure.

Almost 90 per cent of people with common skin ailments such as acne, hair fall, etc., do not go to a dermatologist. They try to self-treat it with off-the-shelf products. Self-treatment is not only ineffective, it is dangerous too. For example, it has led to wide-spread use of unsafe products (like topical steroid creams) that only damage the skin further in the long run. Additionally, most of these conditions also require lifestyle interventions in addition to products for treatment.

Long term, CureSkin believes consumer health will be completely different from how it is now, due to new technology enablers like AI. Easy detection of particular conditions, tracking change of symptoms, continuous monitoring of these conditions, quick response in case of flare-ups or relapse, are all possible now.

Commenting on the investment, Vinish Kathuria, Managing Partner, SenseAI Ventures said, “CureSkin’s use of computer vision technology to offer a dermatologist service on the phone is a real testimonial of the power of artificial intelligence. At Sense AI, we believe in empowering smart entrepreneurs to make a difference in people’s lives, and CureSkin is a prime example of that belief.”