Injecting Science Into The Skin-Care Industry
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 at
2:48 pm
Leave your comment
The multi-billion-dollar global cosmetics and skin-care-product industry sometimes is beset by a me-too mindset in which research and development focuses on matching the competition rather than applying sound science to improve products, a scientist told the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society.
As a result, it could be missing a golden opportunity to provide consumers with more effective products, according to Stig E. Friberg, Ph.D. a chemist who studies cosmetic ingredients.
As an example, Friberg points out that previously unknown changes occur in the structures of colloids used in skin care lotions. As a result, the lotion sitting in the bottle, he said, is actually different from the same lotion applied to the skin.
