Defining Issues

The wide range of skin colors-from the deepest chocolate brown of Africa's Ivory Coast to the warm olives of the Mediterranean to the pale fairness of Scandinavia-is paralleled by a similarly wide array of cultural beliefs that define "ideal skin tone." Learn more »

What Works

Driven by new understandings about how chromophores change with age and how these changes affect skin tone and luminosity, researchers are taking skin scare science to the next level. Learn more »

What's Coming

Chromophore mapping and molecularly targeted skin-aging interventions such as glucosamine and niacinamide offer hints as to what the future holds for clinical dermatology and personal skin care. Learn more »

References

View the publications and studies referred to in this research update. Learn more »