Skin Care and Cosmetic Ingredients Dictionary

Given the skin’s importance to our survival, it is essential that we learn how to take care of it, not only so that we look beautiful, but so we can also live long healthy lives. From this perspective, it is important that all skincare professionals, from estheticians to physicians, have a good understanding of skin structure (anatomy) and function (physiology), skin types and conditions, as well as what happens when cosmetics or other products are applied to the skin. The same understanding is also important for cosmetic consumers, particularly given the amount of information and misinformation about cosmetics currently available. That is the purpose of this book—to better inform skincare professionals and their clients about how and why a product impacts the skin and the purpose and function of individual ingredients in a cosmetic formulation.