Skin Care and Aging

This collection of peer-reviewed articles scientifically examines antiaging from a functional, genomic, and physiologic standpoint while presenting cosmeceutical, antioxidant and moisturization topical agents and nutricosmetic oral agents to achieve the one goal desired by all.....to be perceived as beautiful!

Skin Care and Aging looks at the behavior of aging skin and how this can be modified with cosmeceuticals, antioxidants, moisturizers and nutritional supplements. The latest in the Formulators Resource Series, this 47-chapter volume presents the best techniques and ingredients to achieve desired anti-aging effects. The industry s top researchers present studies of specific active ingredients that impact the skin s cell defenses and other mechanisms.

Topics include
Skin pigmentation
The authors examine the melanocyte and skin color perception while presenting some new ingredients and their role in skin color normalization.
Novel cosmeceutical ingredients
Many novel ingredients have been brought forth to accomplish these ends including peptides, tripeptides and tetrapeptides, all of which are covered along with several others.
Skin moisturization
Five chapters are devoted to newly discovered aquaporins and other new ingredients with moisturization properties.
Antioxidants and skin care
This section examines the nature of reactive oxygen species and elucidates measurement techniques while presenting some new ingredients for oxidative protection.
Nutricosmetics and skin health
This section examines the concept of nutricosmetics and uncovers the role that several ingredients may play in skin health.