Sensitive Skin Syndrome

Golara Honari, MDDepartment of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USARosa 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, DenmarkHoward I. Maibach, MDDepartment of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, CA, USA

• Section I Introduction and Background 1 What is sensitive skin? Renée J.H. Richters, Natallia E. Uzunbajakava, Piet E.J. van Erp, and Peter C.M. van de Kerkhof2 Sensitive skin: a review of prevalence worldwide Charles Taieb and Laurent Misery3 Skin structure and function Golara Honari 4 The somatosensory system Francis McGlone and David ReillySection II Pathophysiology of Sensitive Skin 5 Stratum corneum and sensitive skin Enzo Berardesca6 Altered somatosensory pathways Eun Ju Kim, Dong Hun Lee, and Jin Ho Chung7 Itch and sensitive skin Martin SchmelzSection III Investigative Methods 8 Challenges of investigationLidia Maroñas-Jiménez, Elena González-Guerra, and Aurora Guerra-Tapia 9 Self-assessment of sensitive skinCharles Taieb and Laurent Misery10 Confocal Raman Micro-Spectroscopy: a new paradigm in the diagnosis of sensitive skin?Denise Falcone, Natallia E. Uzunbajakava, Piet E.J. van Erp, and Peter C.M. van de Kerkhof11 Regarding the quantification of the human skin barrier in Sensitive Skin SyndromeLuís Monteiro Rodrigues, Henrique Silva, and Catarina Rosado12 Irritant reactivity tests David A. Basketter13 Neurosensory assessment Roland JourdainSection IV Clinical Considerations 14 Sensitive skin: there is a link with ethnicity?Laurent Misery and Charles Taieb15 Gender and age influence on sensitive skinRosa Marie Andersen16 Sensitive skin: do we observe an impact on quality of life?Laurent Misery and Charles Taieb17 Perceived sensitive skin at different anatomic sites Miranda A. Farage18 Sensitive skin and non-eczematous dermatoses Ian McDonald, Helen Rea, and Martin Steinhoff19 Sensitive skin and eczematous dermatoses Arun C Inamadar and Aparna PalitSection V Environmental Factors and Everyday Products 20 Influence of air pollution on skin Sparsha Saxena and Golara Honari21 Sensitive skin, skin care products and cosmeticsEnzo Berardesca22 Fabrics and sensitive skin Gerald E. Pierard and Howard I. MaibachSection VI Management 23 Dermatotoxicology and sensitive skin syndrome Golara Honari and Howard I. Maibach 24 Formulations for sensitive skin Golara Honari and Howard I. Maibach25 Treatments for sensitive skin Martina Kerscher and Heike BuntrockIndex