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Skin Photodamage Prevention: State of the Art and New Prospects

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Human skin aging is caused by a number of factors. One of the most important and influential factors is the exposure of the skin to UV radiation, which leads to the damage of the skin’s structure and integrity. UV radiation is responsible for up to 90 % of visible skin aging. However, the effects of the sunlight on the skin include not only dryness, loss of elasticity, wrinkles, discoloration, and changes in texture but also increased incidence in various precancerous conditions and skin malignancies.

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  1. Institute of Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Denize Ainbinder & Elka Touitou

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  1. Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Miranda A. Farage

  2. Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Kenneth W. Miller

  3. Department Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

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Ainbinder, D., Touitou, E. (2015). Skin Photodamage Prevention: State of the Art and New Prospects. In: Farage, M., Miller, K., Maibach, H. (eds) Textbook of Aging Skin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27814-3_44-2

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