RT Book, Section A1 Draelos, Zoe Diana A2 Alam, Murad A2 Bhatia, Ashish C. A2 Kundu, Roopal V. A2 Yoo, Simon S. A2 Chan, Henry Hin-Lee SR Print(0) ID 1175119048 T1 Cosmeceuticals in Ethnic Skin T2 Cosmetic Dermatology for Skin of Color YR 2009 FD 2009 PB McGraw Hill Medical PP New York, NY SN 9780071487764 LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175119048 RD 2024/03/28 AB Skin cosmeceuticals represent an interesting realm between dermatologic drugs and cosmetics. Traditional drugs are products designed to treat skin disease available only by prescription. On the other hand, cosmetics are used to scent, adorn, and color the skin without the intent of altering its structure or function. New understandings of skin physiology, novel raw materials, clever formulations, and increased consumer awareness of skin aging have resulted in a poorly defined category of dermatologics known as cosmeceuticals. Cosmeceuticals are of particular interest in the ethnic population, since skin ashiness, facial skin shine, antiaging photoprotection, and irregular pigmentation are of key importance. Improvement in all of these appearance related areas could only be achieved through an understanding of the ingredients combined to deliver an identified skin benefit. This chapter focuses on the use of cosmeceuticals in ethnic skin.