Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Nutrition for Healthy Skin

Strategies for Clinical and Cosmetic Practice

  • Book
  • © 2011

Overview

Editors:
  1. Jean Krutmann

    1. Inst. Umweltmedizinische Forschung (IUF), Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Philippe Humbert

    1. Service Dermatologie et, Medecine Vasculaire, CHU Besancon, Besancon, France

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • First clinical guide which addresses the key questions about practical aspects of nutrition Based strategies in clinical and cosmetic dermatology
  • Reader-friendly structured and lavishly illustrated
  • Written by international experts of the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 89.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Nutrition and Skin: The Scientific Basis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Cutaneous Changes in Nutritional Diseases

      • Matthias Schmuth, Peter O. Fritsch
      Pages 3-13

    3. Skin Aging

      • Jean Krutmann
      Pages 15-24

    4. Non-melanoma Skin Cancer

      • Mark Berneburg
      Pages 25-33

    5. Skin Barrier Function

      • Peter M. Elias, Joan S. Wakefield
      Pages 35-48

  3. Functional Food for Skin Works: Intervention Studies in Humans and Animal Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Botanical Antioxidants for Skin Protection: An Overview

      • Farrukh Afaq, Hasan Mukhtar
      Pages 51-63

    3. Systemic Photoprotection by Carotenoids

      • Wilhelm Stahl
      Pages 65-70

    4. Systemic and Topical Use of Green Tea Polyphenols for Healthy Skin

      • Aton M. Holzer, Nabiha Yusuf, Brandon Tisdale, Santosh K. Katiyar, Craig A. Elmets
      Pages 71-83

    5. Flavonoid-Rich Nutrients for the Skin

      • Wilhelm Stahl
      Pages 85-90

    6. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Skin

      • Suzanne Margaret Pilkington, Lesley Elizabeth Rhodes
      Pages 91-107

    7. Potential Benefits of Soy for Skin, Hair, and Nails

      • Robert M. Blair, Aaron Tabor
      Pages 109-117

    8. Photoprotection by Nicotinamide

      • Diona L. Damian, Gary M. Halliday
      Pages 119-128

    9. Probiotics and Regulation of Immune Responses

      • Josette Péguet-Navarro
      Pages 129-135

    10. Prebiotic Cosmetics

      • Rainer Simmering, Roland Breves
      Pages 137-147

    11. Micronutrients for Hair and Nails

      • E. Haneke, Robert Baran
      Pages 149-163

  4. How to use Functional Food in Clinical Dermatology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Legal Aspects: How Do Food Supplements Differ from Drugs, Medical Devices, and Cosmetic Products?

      • Helena Karajiannis, Catherine Fish
      Pages 167-180

    3. How to Prove Safety and Efficacy in Nutrition-Based intervention Studies for Human Skin

      • Christiane Montastier, Sophie Mac-Mary, Jean Krutmann, Philippe Humbert
      Pages 181-188
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This extraordinary reference describes the scientific basis, summarizes the existing evidence that functional food for skin really works, and addresses the key questions asked by dermatologists and patients when it comes to practical aspects of nutrition based strategies in clinical and cosmetical dermatology. It is believed that this helpful guide will become the golden standard, the ‘bible’ for this given topic, which will be used by dermatologists, industry people and interested patients.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Inst. Umweltmedizinische Forschung (IUF), Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Jean Krutmann

  • Service Dermatologie et, Medecine Vasculaire, CHU Besancon, Besancon, France

    Philippe Humbert

About the editors

Jean Krutmann is Professor of Dermatology and Environmental Medicine and Director of the Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung (Institute for Environmental Medical Research) at the Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf. His field of research is dermatotoxicology and immunodermatology, with special emphasis on environmentally induced skin diseases. He is author or co-author of more than 200 papers and the recipient of various awards. Professor Philippe Humbert is Head of the Dermatology Department at Besançon University Hospital Center and manager of the center’s Skin Engineering and Biology Laboratory. He is also Vice President of the French Society of Dermatology and Chairman of the International Society for Biophysics and Imaging of the Skin. Professor Humbert has an impressive publication record on a range of topics in dermatology.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nutrition for Healthy Skin

  • Book Subtitle: Strategies for Clinical and Cosmetic Practice

  • Editors: Jean Krutmann, Philippe Humbert

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12264-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-12263-7Published: 22 November 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42225-6Published: 13 December 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-12264-4Published: 08 November 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 208

  • Topics: Dermatology, Internal Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Otorhinolaryngology

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation