Dinuk Dissanayake: Prevention, Purpose and the Science Behind Correxiko

For Dr Dinuk Dissanayake, wellbeing has never been about quick fixes or clever marketing. It has always been about time — what happens when we intervene early enough, nourish deeply enough, and choose prevention over repair.

A medically trained gastroenterologist, Dinuk’s relationship with collagen began on hospital wards more than three decades ago. At a time when collagen was barely discussed outside of research circles, he was already seeing its effects first-hand — not in beauty claims, but in surgical recovery.

“Back then, we were focused on one simple outcome,” he recalls. “The faster someone heals, the faster they leave hospital — and the better their long-term outcomes.”

As part of post-surgical nutritional support, Dinuk introduced collagen into clinical blends designed to support wound healing. The results were striking: faster recovery, stronger tissue repair, better resilience. It was an early glimpse into something that would later become foundational to his life’s work.

When treatment comes too late

Yet despite the clinical successes, a deeper frustration was growing.

“In hospital medicine, people arrive when things have already gone wrong,” he says. “By the time they’re sitting in front of you, it’s often too late to reverse what’s happened. You’re patching, stabilising, discharging.”

It was this realisation — that many chronic conditions could have been avoided years earlier — that shifted Dinuk’s thinking from treatment to prevention.

So many modern diseases, he observed, share a common root: chronic inflammation, fuelled by nutrient-poor diets, stress, and the pace of contemporary life. Nutrition, he believed, wasn’t an adjunct to healthcare — it was central to it.

“If I could have spoken to the same patients ten years earlier,” he reflects, “they probably wouldn’t have been there at all.”

A turning point — and a new perspective

After stepping away from medicine, Dinuk took time to reset, explore different ventures, and reconnect with curiosity. An organic fair-trade tea business followed — a world away from hospitals, yet still grounded in purity, sourcing and respect for raw materials.

But it was a far more ordinary moment that sparked the next chapter.

“I noticed my wife taking supplements,” he says. “So I looked at the labels — and I was shocked.”

As a doctor accustomed to cutting-edge resources within the NHS, Dinuk was struck by the gulf between what supplements promised and what they delivered. Low doses. Long ingredient lists. Fillers, additives and claims unsupported by meaningful quantities.

“There was a real imbalance of knowledge between brands and consumers,” he explains. “And that imbalance was being exploited.”

Why Correxiko doesn’t call itself a supplement brand

Correxiko was born from a decision to do things differently — and more rigorously.

“Most supplements are designed to sit just above legal thresholds,” Dinuk says. “They’re not designed to be effective.”

Rather than “topping up” an already adequate diet, Correxiko is built around therapeutic, clinically relevant doses — addressing what modern diets consistently fail to provide.

“We don’t really see ourselves as a supplement company,” he adds. “We create foundational nutrition.”

That foundation includes collagen, omega-3 fatty acids, probiotic, vitamin D3 with K2, magnesium and B-complex vitamins — all delivered in forms and quantities intended to make a genuine physiological difference.

Why collagen — and why marine

Correxiko’s flagship product is its marine collagen, delivering a full 10 grams per daily serving — a level rarely matched in the mainstream market.

“There’s a big difference between collagen on a label and collagen that actually works,” Dinuk explains.

Marine collagen, he notes, avoids the harsh chemical extraction processes often required for bovine sources. Correxiko’s collagen is enzymatically hydrolysed, filtered and centrifuged — with no chemical solvents — then hydrolysed again to create uniform, highly bioavailable peptides.

“It’s an expensive process,” he admits. “But absorbability matters.”

Capsule versions exist for those who can’t tolerate powders, enhanced with complementary nutrients such as hyaluronic acid and vitamin C — but the powder remains the gold standard.

Against the tide of marketing-led wellness

In an industry increasingly dominated by white-label products and marketing-first brands, Correxiko has remained self-funded, independent and deliberately slower.

“We don’t have private equity behind us,” Dinuk says. “We don’t have celebrity contracts. What we have is control over our product.”

Retail partnerships were consciously avoided. The margins demanded by large chains, he explains, would force compromises — lower doses, faster manufacturing, more additives.

“That’s not why we started,” he says simply.

Instead, Correxiko has grown through trust, word of mouth, and customers who feel — quite literally — the difference. Even high-profile collaborators have come organically, first as long-term users rather than paid ambassadors.

Ageing, collagen and working at the cellular level

As interest in collagen has exploded, Dinuk remains focused on biology rather than trends.

Collagen peptides, he explains, don’t just “fill lines” — they stimulate fibroblasts, the cells responsible for producing new collagen throughout the body. With age — particularly post-menopause — fibroblast activity slows dramatically.

“That’s when changes accelerate,” he says. “Skin, joints, connective tissue — it’s all linked.”

Nutrition provides the raw materials. But Correxiko’s next evolution addresses signalling.

What’s next: light as medicine

Launching imminently, Correxiko’s new clinical-grade light therapy mask reflects the same philosophy: target the root cause.

Using carefully studied wavelengths, the mask is designed to stimulate mitochondrial activity, increase ATP production and re-energise sluggish fibroblasts — working with collagen intake, not instead of it.

Unlike flat, light-leaking masks on the market, Correxiko’s design encloses the face to ensure consistent dosage and effectiveness.

“It’s about combining raw materials with the right signals,” Dinuk explains. “Nutrition and technology working together.”

A message for conscious consumers

At its heart, Correxiko is an invitation to look deeper.

“Look beyond the packaging. Beyond the influencer. Beyond the claims,” Dinuk urges.
 “Read the ingredient list. Look at the dose. Ask why something is in there.”

Wellbeing, he believes, is a long-term investment — and one that deserves discernment.

“These are things you take every day,” he says. “They should support your future, not quietly undermine it.”

For Correxiko, the journey continues — grounded in science, integrity and the belief that true wellness starts long before symptoms appear.

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