Sunscreens for Skin of Color

This book, Sunscreens for Skin of Color, provides a complete and comprehensive overview ofall theaspects ofsunscreens and their role in clinical practice. Tracing theevolution ofsunscreens fromthe early days tothecurrent exploration ofplant-based sun screening agents, this book provides an in-depth update onsun protection. Chapters onUV filters, toxicology, ecological and environmental impact, and therelevance ofsunscreens in theskin ofcolor provide a balanced understanding ofthese essential personal care products. The book addresses the questions arising at the interface ofpatient-physician interaction: fromwhat benefits sunscreens confer ontheskin, toways tocircumvent potential health and environmental hazards. The unique role of sunscreens in SOC for the prevention of photo pigmentation and skin aging, the paradigm shift in sunscreen use arising from both sunscreen durability on skin, and potential for systemic absorption, and emerging questions like frontal fibrosing alopecia have been discussed in the context of sunscreen usage in the present day and age. Thechapters are easy tounderstand, and theprogressive information unfolding enables thestudent toassimilate thesubject efficiently.