Department of Pharmacy Practice, Baqai Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Baqai Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Department of Pharmaceutics, Baqai Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Baqai Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Profiles Drug Subst Excip Relat Methodol. 2023;48:167-210. doi: 10.1016/bs.podrm.2022.11.006. Epub 2023 Jan 30.
The growth and demand for cosmeceuticals (cosmetic products that have medicinal or drug-like benefits) have been enhanced for the last few decades. Lately, the newly invented dosage form, i.e., the pharmaceutical-based cosmetic serum has been developed and widely employed in various non-invasive cosmetic procedures. Many pharmaceutical-based cosmetic serums contain natural active components that claim to have a medical or drug-like effect on the skin, hair, and nails, including anti-aging, anti-wrinkle, anti-acne, hydrating, moisturizing, repairing, brightening and lightening skin, anti-hair fall, anti-fungal, and nail growth effect, etc. In comparison with other pharmaceutical-related cosmetic products (creams, gels, foams, and lotions, etc.), pharmaceutical-based cosmetic serums produce more rapid and incredible effects on the skin. This chapter provides detailed knowledge about the different marketed pharmaceutical-based cosmetic serums and their several types such as facial serums, hair serums, nail serums, under the eye serum, lip serum, hand, and foot serum, respectively. Moreover, some valuable procedures have also been discussed which provide prolong effects with desired results in the minimum duration of time after the few sessions of the serum treatment.
在过去的几十年中，美容护肤品（具有药用或类似药物功效的化妆品）的需求不断增长。最近，新发明的剂型，即基于药物的化妆品精华液已经开发出来，并广泛应用于各种非侵入性的美容程序中。许多基于药物的化妆品精华液含有天然的活性成分，声称对皮肤、头发和指甲具有医疗或类似药物的效果，包括抗衰老、抗皱、抗粉刺、保湿、滋润、修复、提亮和美白皮肤、防脱发、抗真菌和指甲生长等效果。与其他与药物相关的化妆品产品（如乳膏、凝胶、泡沫和洗液等）相比，基于药物的化妆品精华液在皮肤方面能产生更快速和惊人的效果。本章详细介绍了不同市售的基于药物的化妆品精华液及其几种类型，如面部精华液、头发精华液、指甲精华液、眼部精华液、唇部精华液、手部和足部精华液。此外，还讨论了一些有价值的程序，这些程序可以在经过几次精华液治疗后，在最短的时间内提供持久的效果。
