Surber Christian, Dragicevic Nina, Kottner Jan
Curr Probl Dermatol. 2018;54:183-200. doi: 10.1159/000489532. Epub 2018 Aug 21.
The industry offers a vast armamentarium of skin care products (SCP) to cleanse the skin; to reduce/eliminate unpleasant skin symptoms; to restore, reinforce, fortify and protect undamaged, vulnerable or damaged skin; and to provide a pleasant skin and body feel. Skin care products are readily available and their promotions with a variety of tall claims are omnipresent. This text discusses the various interpretations of skin care, the diversity of its comprehensions and the various groups of receivers and their needs for skin care. Skin care is part of our daily routines, the information on the effects of SCP is omnipresent and the purchase of SCP seems straightforward. However, the true essence of SCP remains concealed to many. This is mainly due to that fact that the "physico-chemical anatomy," the nomenclature and the regulatory classification of SCP as well as the role and the significance of active and inactive ingredients within these products are not well understood. This text addresses the different views, interpretations and comprehensions. The final part highlights the current challenges with SCP and gives an outlook on how to improve our mutual understanding of SCP.
该行业提供了大量的护肤品（SCP），用于清洁皮肤；减轻/消除令人不适的皮肤症状；修复、强化、巩固和保护未受损、易受损或已受损的皮肤；以及提供愉悦的肌肤和身体感受。护肤品随处可得，且各种夸大宣传无处不在。本文讨论了对皮肤护理的各种解读、其理解的多样性以及不同受众群体及其对皮肤护理的需求。皮肤护理是我们日常生活的一部分，关于护肤品功效的信息随处可见，购买护肤品似乎也很简单。然而，许多人仍然对护肤品的真正本质一无所知。这主要是因为人们对护肤品的“物理化学剖析”、命名法、监管分类以及这些产品中活性和非活性成分的作用和意义了解不足。本文阐述了不同的观点、解读和理解。最后一部分强调了护肤品当前面临的挑战，并展望了如何增进我们对护肤品的相互理解。
