Biofunctional Textiles for an Ageing Skin. Vol 1

The skin is the largest human organ necessary to protect the body from the environmental aggressions. Skin aging is at the forefront because fine lines and wrinkling are the more evident signs appearing on the face as aging phenomena. Thus the necessity to elucidate the real function of the so called vitagenes involved in preserving cellular homeostasis as well as the metagenomics and metabolomics' approaches for better understanding the functional features of the older skin. The book' chapters are focused on the effectiveness and safeness of many natural active ingredients and innovative smart tissues used to formulate, cosmetics, food, and diet supplements, with the aim to slow down the signs of aging. The final chapters report the modern methodologies used to verify effectiveness and safeness of cosmetics as well as discuss the marketing data of the actual cosmetic field. Edited by a scientist authored of numerous publications in the field of Dermato-Cosmetic Sciences with the collaboration of experienced and internationally renowned contributors the book may be considered the standard reference for cosmetic chemists, dermatologists and ambientalists.