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Structure and Function
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By
William Montagna, Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton, U.S.A.
Giuseppe Prota, Universita Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
John Kenney, Jr., Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Description
This book is the first to concentrate on the structure and function of black skin. There are some physiological and structural differences
between black and white skin; an area of intense interest is that of differences in response to sunlight and other damaging agents. An
understanding of response to damaging agents is central to the problems of preventing or forestalling the early effects of aging in skin
(a goal that is responsible for the current expansion in dermatological research).
This book provides a concise multi-disciplinary insight
into the biology, physiology, and chemistry of black skin. Primary emphasis is on the nature and origin of the pigmentary color and how
this is related to specific properties of black skin, such as photoprotection and low incidence of skin cancers, that are lacking in
white skin. Other topics covered include dermatology and cosmetics of black skin from a practical viewpoint of skin care and current
treatments of pigmentary disorders. Black Skin is accessible to a broad range of readers from graduate students to specialists
in physical anthropology, skin biology, dermatology, and cosmetology, as well as medical practitioners.
Contents
Skin Color and the Evolution of Humankind. The Structure of Black Skin. Biological Differences Between Blacks and Whites. Skin Melanocytes.
Cutaneous Melanins and Related Metabolites. Pigmentary Disorders that Occur in Black Skin. The Dermatology of Black Skin. Wound Healing
and the Formation of Keloids. Cosmetics for Black Skin.
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Hardbound, 158 pages, publication date: JUL-1993
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-505260-3
ISBN-10: 0-12-505260-X
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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