Skin Anatomy

In this post, I am going to share a detailed introduction to skin anatomy. It is important for formulators to understand the basic skin anatomy. Not just for taking care of it but how it works, how actives affect the skin, and what can go wrong. Of course, we need to remember that we are making cosmetics and not drugs so we still need to be careful. We can not treat acne, we can reduce the appearance. 

There is also a lot of misinformation on the skin that will be addressed in this post. This blog post was based on a free textbook. I encourage you to read it as well. Warning, there may be some images that some may find disturbing.