Textbook of Cosmetic Dermatology covers a wide range of interventions and treatments designed to maintain and beautify healthy skin and protect and improve damaged skin.

New chapters cover cosmeceuticals, assessing hair regrowth in androgenic alopecia, ingredients and safety of cellulite creams, keloids, cosmetic cryosurgery, cosmetic denervation with botulilinum toxin, AHAs, and more.

Focusing on why and how the scientific detail of why and how the biotechnology works, Textbook of Cosmetic Dermatology is an indispensable guide for all involved in this rapidly expanding field.

Contents:

1. Climatic influence on cosmetic skin parameters
2. Skin and gender
3. Classification of healthy human facial skin
4. Cosmetic percutaneous absorption
5. Percutaneous penetration and diffusion of cosmetic ingredients : implications for safety and efficacy
6. Nail penetration : enhancement of topical delivery of antifungal drugs by chemical modification of the human nail
7. In vitro toxicity assays for predicting cosmetic-induced irritancy
8. Cosmetic applications of solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers
9. [alpha]-Hydoxyacids, polyhydroxy acids, aldobionic acids and their topical actions
10. Dimethylaminoethanol : a new skin-care ingredient for aging skin
11. Topical niacinamide provides skin aging appearance benefits while enhancing barrier function
12. Applications of total soy in skin care
13. Kinetin
14. Alternative drugs in dermatology : an overview
15. Urokinase
16. Filaggrin and dry skin
17. Antioxidants
18. Microemulsion formulations for cutaneous drug delivery
19. Ceramides and the skin
20. Perfumes
21. Main finished products : moisturizing and cleansing creams
22. Skin-care products for normal, dry and greasy skin
23. Self-tanning products
24. Masks and astringents/toners
25. Cosmeceuticals
26. Ancillary skin-care products
27. Hair care
28. Dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis
29. Facial and body hair
30. The human periorbital wrinkle
31. Eye make-up
32. Cosmetology for normal nails
33. Cosmetics for abnormal arid pathologic nails
34. Nail varnish formulation
35. Hand and body lotions
36. Anticellulite products
37. Anatomy and physiology of the vulva as related to cosmetology
38. Role of lipids in irritant dermatitis
39. Ichthyosis
40. Atopic dermatitis
41. Therapy of telangiectasia and varicose veins and their complications
42. Hirsutism
43. Pigmentation : dyschromia
44. Cosmetic rehabilitation therapy
45. Acne
46. Idiopathic hyperhidrosis
47. Aging and photoaging
48. Modulation of inflammatory reactions in skin : a new approach to the treatment of premature aging
49. Sea water salts : effect on inflammatory skin disease : an overview
50. Menopause, skin and cosmetology
51. The treatment of keloids
52. Cosmetics for men
53. Cosmetic dermatology in children
54. Ethnic cosmetics : Blacks, Hispanics and Orientals
55. Ethnicity as a possible endogenous factor in irritant contact dermatitis : comparing the irritant response among Caucasians, Blacks and Asians
56. Racial (ethnic) differences in skin properties : the objective data
57. Non-invasive assessment techniques in cosmetology : measurement of blood flow in the cutaneous microvasculature
58. Stratum corneum water content and transepidermal water loss
59. Non-invasive techniques for cutaneous investigation
60. Clinical methods for assessing hair regrowth in androgenetic alopecia
61. Thermal sensory testing : a tool for evaluation of sensory irritation of cosmetic products and sensitive skin
62. Efficacy of moisturizers assessed through bioengineering techniques
63. Tribological studies on skin : measurement of the coefficient of friction
64. Is tumescent liposuction safe?
65. Autologous fat transplantation : my technique of lipofilling
66. Superficial and medium-depth facial chemical peels
67. Dermabrasion
68. Soft-tissue augmentation
69. Augmentation of lips and nasolabial folds with a dual-porosity expanded polytetrafluoroethylene implant
70. Hair transplantation
71. Cosmetic cryosurgery
72. Botulinum toxin
73. Infrared irradiation : skin effects and protection
74. Photodamage of the skin : protection and reversal with topical antioxidants
75. Protection of the skin against ultraviolet radiation : are UVA rays dangerous?
76. Efficacy of sunscreens
77. Distribution of sunscreens on the skin
78. Side-effects and social aspects of cosmetology : adverse cosmetic reactions
79. Social, psychological and psychiatric aspects of cosmetic use

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