Nutrition
Volume 17, Issue 10 , Pages 839-844, October 2001

Role of vitamins in skin care

  • Stanley S. Shapiro, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Johnson & Johnson, Consumer Products Worldwide, Skin Research Center, Skillman, New Jersey, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Stanley S. Shapiro, Johnson & Johnson, Corporate Office of Science and Technology, GS1136, 410 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
    • ,
  • Claude Saliou, PhD (PharmD)

      Affiliations

    • Johnson & Johnson, Consumer Products Worldwide, Skin Research Center, Skillman, New Jersey, USA

Accepted 8 June 2001.

Abstract 

Therapeutic (vitamins A and D, and their analogs) and antioxidant (vitamins C, E, and coenzyme Q) vitamins play an increasing role in skin care. Their benefits range from skin conditions such as acne and psoriasis to the protection against environmental insults.

Keywords:  skin, vitamin, retinoid, antioxidant, aging

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PII: S0899-9007(01)00660-8

Nutrition
Volume 17, Issue 10 , Pages 839-844, October 2001

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