Cosmeceuticals: Active Skin Treatment is an expanded reference covering the controversial issues of consumer protection, product safety and industry responsibility with regard to treatment cosmetics.

Features of Cosmeceuticals: Active Skin Treatment:

• discusses AHA efficacy and modes of action
• investigates the anticellulite efficacy of various actives
• reviews ceramides and hyaluronic acid as skin-care ingredients
• summarizes the role of application frequency in drug dosing
• shares efficient schemes for formulating treatment products
• discusses formulating for sensitive skin
• covers special care considerations for ethnic, infant and elderly skin
• covers safety and regulatory issues

New chapters focus on areas such as:

• amphoteric hydroxy complexes
• pollution and aging
• whitening efficacy
• substantiating antiaging product claims

Contents

1. Why Cosmeceuticals?
2. Cosmeceuticals or Cosmethics: Industry Responsibility
3. Cosmeceuticals — The Future of Cosmetics?
4. FDA Regulation of Cosmeceuticals
5. Cosmeceuticals as a Third Category
6. Drug Delivery on Skin vs. Application Frequency
7. Factors in Formulating Cosmeceutical Vehicles
8. Efficient Formulation of Cosmeceutical Products
9. Sensitive Skin: Analysis of Symptoms, Perceived Causes and Possible Mechanisms
10. Sensitive Skin
11. Formulating for Sensitive Skin
12. Ethnic Sensitive Skin
13. Infant Skin and Its Care
14. Cosmetics for Elderly People
15. The pH of the Stratum Corneum: An Update
16. Aged Skin, Retinoids and Alpha Hydroxy Acids
17. Hydroxy Acids and Skin Aging
18. Substantiating Antiaging Product Claims
19. Metalloproteinase Inhibitors
20. AHAs and Derivatives
21. AHA and Exfoliative Skin Disease
22. Amphoteric Hydroxy Complexes: AHAs with Reduced Stinging and Irritation
23. Aging and the Future of Enzymes in Cosmetics
24. Skin Lighteners
25. Skin Lightening
26. Melanogenesis Inhibitor from Paper Mulberry
27. Whitening Efficacy of Frequently Used Whitening Ingredients
28. Protecting the Skin Against Exogenous Noxes
29. Pollution and Aging: Antioxidants for Skin
30. Ceramides: Their Promise in Skin Care
31. Hyaluronic Acid in Cosmetics
32. Controlling the Appearance of Cellulite
33. Cellulite Treatments: Snake Oils or Skin Science

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