Skin Cleansing with Synthetic Detergents: Chemical, Ecological, and Clinical Aspects

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
From Soap Avoidance to Skin Cleansing with Synthetic Detergents — Moving into the Clinical Dimension....Pages 3-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Synthetic Detergents — Syndets — the Concept....Pages 11-14
Soap — Chemical Constituents....Pages 15-19
Synthetic Cleansers — Chemical Constituents....Pages 20-26
Composition of Commercial Synthetic Skin Cleansers....Pages 27-34
The Use of Synthetic Detergents in Oral Hygiene Products — Effects on the Gingiva....Pages 35-39
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
The Physics of pH and Surface pH Measurement....Pages 43-52
Determination of Skin Surface pH in Healthy Subjects Methods and Results of Clinical Studies....Pages 53-61
Skin Surface pH in the Population at Large Measured Data and Correlation with Other Parameters....Pages 62-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Principles of Bacterial Ecology....Pages 75-82
Composition of the Skin Flora....Pages 83-86
Marchionini’s Acid Mantle Concept and the Effect on the Skin Resident Flora of Washing with Skin Cleansing Agents of Different pH....Pages 87-96
In-Vitro Control of the Growth of Important Bacteria of the Resident Skin Flora by Changes in pH....Pages 97-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Structure of Human Skin, and Influence of Environmental Factors Such as pH on the Growth of Keratinocytes — Results of Cell Culture Experiments....Pages 109-115
Skin Roughness — Measuring Methods and Dependence on Washing Procedure....Pages 116-129
Skin Hydration (Transepidermal Water Loss) — Measuring Methods and Dependence on Washing Procedure....Pages 130-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Cleansing Action of Synthetic Detergents Methodology of Determination....Pages 143-153
Clinical Assessment of Synthetic Detergent Cleansers in Subjects with Problem Skin....Pages 154-159
Adjuvant Treatment with Synthetic Detergent Preparations in Atopic Dermatitis....Pages 160-163
The Use of Synthetic Skin Cleansers in Neonates and Infants....Pages 164-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Allergological Evaluation of Synthetic Skin Cleansers....Pages 173-180
Factors Involved in the Irritancy Testing of Synthetic Cleanser Constituents....Pages 181-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Biopharmaceutical Aspects of Synthetic Detergent Skin Cleansers....Pages 193-202
Quality Control of Synthetic Detergent Cleansers....Pages 203-208
Environmental Aspects of Synthetic Detergent Preparations....Pages 209-216
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
The Use of Synthetic Detergent Skin Cleansers — The Cosmetic Chemists’s View....Pages 219-222
The Use of Synthetic Detergent Skin Cleansers — The Community Pharmacist’s View....Pages 223-224
The Use of Synthetic Detergent Skin Cleansers — The General Practitioner’s View....Pages 225-228
The Use of Synthetic Detergent Skin Cleansers — The Consultant Dermatologist’s View....Pages 229-234