THE MOST IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
related to topical skincare products during 2012 may have come
from researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Solna, Sweden.
By using an entirely new experimental approach involving
rapidly freezing tiny skin samples and studying them under a
low-temperature electron microscope, the team was ���nally able
to describe the stratum corneum at the molecular level. Tis
enables scientists to see, for the ���rst time, how the skin���s barrier
function works and how it might be circumvented.
The Science of
By Linda W. Lewis
Antiaging
Formulators discuss the science behind
the latest antiaging skincare trends.
32 MARCH/APRIL 2013 | MedEsthetics
Skin Care