Sensitive skin is a widely reported condition where there is subjective cutaneous hyper-reactivity to environmental factors. Progress has been made in many aspects of the background science that will help clinicians in their management of patients presenting with the condition. This new text sums up the advances in thinking on pathophysiology, classification, methods of investigation, and the different susceptibilities of different types of skin.
Golara Honari, MD
Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Rosa Marie Andersen, MD
Department of Dermatology, University of California at San Francisco, CA, USA
and National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Dermato-allergology, Gentofte University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Howard I. Maibach, MD
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, CA, USA