First book on the subject "nanocosmetics".
Authors belong to the "Brazilian Nanocosmetics Network" and have been working on this subject in the last decade.
The book includes recent advances on the application of nanotechnology to treat skin disorders, such as treatment of skin cancer, cutaneous leishmaniasis and to develop new sunscreen alternatives.
This book contains a summary of the most important nanocarriers for skin delivery. Although nanocosmetics is a subject widely commented in the academy and the beauty industry, a book covering the skin care treatments using nanotechnological approaches with cosmetics and nanomedicines is still missing, therefore the need for this publication. This book is divided in three parts: The first one (Part A) is devoted to a brief review on the main topics related to the skin delivery and to the introduction of the subject nanocosmetics . The second part (Part B) presents different types of nanocarriers applied as skin delivery systems for cosmetics or drugs. The last part (Part C) shows a wide range of applications of nanotechnology on the skin care area as well as on dermatocosmetic and dermatological fields.

Table of contents Part A: Fundamentals of skin delivery.- Transport of substances and nanoparticles across the skin and in vitro models to evaluate skin permeation and/or penetration.- Rheological behavior of semisolid formulations containing nanostructured systems

Part B: Nanocarriers for skin care and dermatological treatments.- Polymeric Nanocapsules: concepts and applications.- Topical application of nanostructures: solid lipid, polymeric and metallic nanoparticles.- Lipid nanoparticles as carriers for cosmetic ingredients: the first (SLN) and the second generation (NLC).- Industrial Production of Polymeric Nanoparticles: Alternatives and Economic Analysis.- Elastic Liposomes.- Chitosan as stabilizer and carrier of natural based nanostructures

Part C: Applications of nanocosmetics and nanomedicines for skin treatments.- Performance of elastic liposomes for topical treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis.- Druggable targets for skin photoaging: potential application of nanocosmetics and nanomedicine.- Nanomedicine: Potential killing of cancercells using nanoparticles.- Zebrafish as a suitable model for evaluating nanocosmetics and nanomedicines.- Nitric oxide-releasing nanomaterials and skin care.- Nanocarriers and Cancer Therapy: approaches to topical and transdermal delivery.- Nanocarriers to deliver photosensitizers in topical photodynamic therapy and photodiagnostics.- Production of nanofibers by electrospinning technology: overview and application in cosmetics.- Nanosized and Nanoencapsulated Sunscreens