Bookeditors, Christian Surber, Christoph Abels, Howard Maibach.
Contents:
The acid mantle : a myth or an essential part of skin health? / Surber, C., Humbert, P., Abels C. (Bielefeld), Maibach, H. (San Francisco, CA)
Buffering capacity / Proksch, E. (Kiel)
Measurement of skin surface pH / du Plessis, J.L. (Potchefstroom), Stefaniak, A.B. (Morgantown, WV), Wilhelm, K.-P. (Schenefeld)
Skin surface pH in newborns : origin and consequences / Fluhr, J.W. (Berlin), Darlenski, R. (Stara Zagora/Sofia)
Intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting skin surface pH / Farage, W.A., Hood, W. (Cincinnati, OH), Berardesca, E. (San Francisco, CA), Maibach, H. (Rome)
Gender, age, and ethnicity as factors that can influence skin pH / Choi, E.H. (Wonju)
Endogenous factors that can influence skin pH / Bíró, T., Oláh, A., Tóth, B.I., Szollosi, A.G. (Debrecen)
Lipids in the skin and pH / Wohlrab, J., Gebert, A., Neubert, R.H.H. (Halle (Saale))
Influence of pH on skin stem cells and their differentiation / Charruyer, A., Ghadially, R. (San Francisco, CA)
The influence of calcium on the skin pH and epidermal barrier during aging / Rinnerthaler, M., Richter, K. (Salzburg)
pH and microbial infections / Rippke, F. (Hamburg), Berardesca, E. (Rome), Weber, T.M. (Wilton, CT)
pH in atopic dermatitis / Danby, S.G., Cork, M.J. (Sheffield)
Role of skin pH in psoriasis / Bigliardi, P.L. (Minneapolis, MN)
pH and acne / Schürer, N. (Osnabrück)
pH and buffer capacity of topical formulations / Wohlrab, J., Gebert, A. (Halle (Saale))
The relation of pH and skin cleansing / Blaak, J., Staib, P. (Würzburg)
pH and drug delivery / Ostergaard Knudsen, N., Pommergaard Pedersen, G. (Ballerup)
Metamorphosis of vehicles : mechanisms and opportunities / Surber, C. (Basel/Zürich), Knie, U. (Bielefeld)
Influence of topical formulations : lipid lamella organization and lipid composition of stratum corneum as a surrogate marker for barrier integrity / Dahnhardt, D. (Flintbek), Surber, C. (Basel/Zürich), Dahnhardt-Pfeiffer, S. (Flintbek)
Skin care products : age-appropriate cosmetics / Abels, C. (Bielefeld), Angelova-Fischer, I. (Lübeck)
Skin care products for healthy and diseased skin / Surber, C. (Basel/Zürich), Dragicevic, N. (Belgrade), Kottner, J. (Berlin).