SENSITIVE SKIN SYNDROME. 2ND EDITION

• Section I Introduction and Background
1 What is sensitive skin?
2 Sensitive skin: a review of prevalence worldwide
3 Skin structure and function
4 The somatosensory system
• Section II Pathophysiology of Sensitive Skin
5 Stratum corneum and sensitive skin
6 Altered somatosensory pathways
7 Itch and sensitive skin
• Section III Investigative Methods
8 Challenges of investigation
9 Self-assessment of sensitive skin
10 Confocal Raman Micro-Spectroscopy: a new paradigm in the diagnosis of sensitive skin?
11 Regarding the quantification of the human skin barrier in Sensitive Skin Syndrome
12 Irritant reactivity tests
13 Neurosensory assessment
• Section IV Clinical Considerations
14 Sensitive skin: there is a link with ethnicity?
15 Gender and age influence on sensitive skin
16 Sensitive skin: do we observe an impact on quality of life?
17 Perceived sensitive skin at different anatomic sites Miranda A. Farage
18 Sensitive skin and non-eczematous dermatoses
19 Sensitive skin and eczematous dermatoses
• Section V Environmental Factors and Everyday Products
20 Influence of air pollution on skin
21 Sensitive skin, skin care products and cosmetics
22 Fabrics and sensitive skin
• Section VI Management
23 Dermatotoxicology and sensitive skin syndrome
24 Formulations for sensitive skin
25 Treatments for sensitive skin
Index

Sensitive skin is a widely reported condition where there is subjective cutaneous hyper-reactivity to environmental factors. Progress has been made in many aspects of the background science that will help clinicians in their management of patients presenting with the condition. This new text sums up the advances in thinking on pathophysiology, classification, methods of investigation, and the different susceptibilities of different types of skin.

Authors
• Golara Honari, MD. Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
• Rosa Marie Andersen, MD. Department of Dermatology, University of California at San Francisco, CA, USA
and National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Dermato-allergology, Gentofte University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Howard I. Maibach, MD. Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, CA, USA