Skin Care: Theories & Applications
Formulators' Resource Series
Softcover
Price: $129.00
Format Details
- Softcover
- 314 Pages
- Published 2006
- ISBN-10: 1-932633-22-7
- ISBN-13: 978-1-932633-22-1
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Whether you are formulating for mass-market products or prestige lines, Skin Care: Theories & Applications should be a key component of your research library.
Skin care has and always will drive the personal care industry gravy train. The global market for skin care is valued at more than $38 billion—$7 billion of that pie dominated by an ever-burgeoning antiaging market. The rate of growth for the skin care segment is more than 6% and is one of the fastest-growing segments in the entire industry.
In Skin Care: Theories & Applications, expert authors present their research on topics of their individual specialties. In order to create a solid foundation of knowledge about the skin's structure, this reference covers a variety of topics, including:
- Ingredients testing
- Antiaging
- Cleansing and moisturization
- Cell adhesion
- Race and sensitization
- Thickeners
- Sun protection
- And more!
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 – BIOLOGY OF SKIN
- Advances in Dry Skin Stratum Corneum Biology and Moisturization
- AMS Revolutionizes Absorption and Metabolism Studies
- Cell Adhesion: A New Approach to Tissue Protection
- Effects of Occlusion: Percutaneous Absorption
- Getting Inside the Human Nail Plate: First Success
- Race as a Factor in Irritant Contact Dermatitis
- Asian Skin: Its Architecture, Function and Differences from Caucasian Skin
- Racial Differences in Skin Properties: Can Skin Care Be Universal?
- Subjective Skin Condition and Its Association with Objective Skin Measurements
- Targeting the Cutaneous Nervous Network
- CHAPTER 2 – PRODUCT (INGREDIENTS AND FORMULATING) NEW INGREDIENTS
- Applications of Essential Fatty Acids in Skin Care, Cosmetics and Cosmeceuticals
- Choosing Thickening Agents For Emulsions
- Diglycecrol: A Humectant with Unique Sensory Qualities
- Disodium Lauriminodipropionate Tocopheryl Phosphates: A Potent New Anti-inflammatory
- Esters from Vegetable Sources with Care Effects for Skin
- Generating and Screening a Library of Novel Cosmeceuticals
- Innovative Natural Active Ingredient with Anti-inflammatory Properties
- Novel Silica Cleansing Particles With and Without Sensory Properties
- Zanthoxylum alatum Extract Inhibits Skin Sensitivity
- Topically Applied Soy Isoflavones Increase Skin Thickness
- Transition Metal-induced Oxidation: Implications Skin Care Products
- Nickel Compounds in Cosmetics
- CHAPTER 3 – SUN CARE/ANTIAGING
- Treatment of Photoaged Hands
- Using Zinc Oxide in Sunscreen Products
- The Influence of Oligosaccharides on Skin Aging: An Alternative to Retinoids
- An MPC Phospholipid Polymer with Skin Protection Benefits
- CHAPTER 4 – CLEANSING AND MOISTURIZATION
- Formulating Scrubs
- Building a Better Barrier From the Inside Out
- CHAPTER 5 – TESTING
- Evaluating ACD Frequency After Reducing Exposure to Sensitizers
- Using Skin Models to Assess the Effects of a Skin Care Emulsion on Skin Barrier Function
- Using Iontophoresis to Enhance Cosmetics Delivery
- Evaluating Antipruritics
- Substantiating Claims for a Tanning Magnifier
- Claim Support Literature Review: Skin Physiology and Properties
- Controlling the Spreading of Sunscreen Products
- Copperceuticals and the Skin
- Testing A New Platform for Skin Care Emulsions
- Intra- and Inter-individual Differences in Sensitive Skin
- Claims Support Literature Review: Skin Care
- CHAPTER 6 – OTHER
- Cosmetic Textiles—A New Functionality of Clothes
- Dermagenetics
- INDEX