What You Need to Know About Skin and Transdermal Drug Delivery

4 Reasons Skin Shouldn’t be Ignored in Medicine

• Acts as the first line of defense between us and the outside world
• Regulates body temperature
• Acts as a barrier and absorber
• Recognizes and reacts to pain or irritation to alert us of danger

4 Health Truths About Skin

• What you put on your skin is just as important as what you eat
• Cutting the carbs helps your skin
• Staying moisturized is key to healthy skin
• Drinking alcohol and smoking less helps keep the skin healthy

 

4 Things You Didn’t Know About the Power of Skin

• Maintains fluid balance
• Controls moisture loss
• Protects us from pollution and chemicals
• Protects us from bacteria, viruses, and other harmful toxins.

4 Reasons Skin is the Ideal Delivery Method for Modern Medicine

• Skin is the body’s largest organ
• A large surface area of skin and ease of access allows many placement options on the skin for transdermal absorption
• Transdermal drug delivery is a painless method of delivering drugs by applying directly to the skin
• By improving skin health it can help maintain its protective role

4 Reasons Topical and Transdermal Should Transform Modern Medicine  

• Once rubs are absorbed in the dermal layer, their ingredients become available for microcirculation (seep into your bloodstream via sweat glands and hair follicles)
• Can provide a non-invasive alternative to intravenous routes - avoiding needle phobia
• More uniform with fewer peaks, minimizing the risk of toxic side effects
• Suitable for patients who are unconscious or vomiting, or those who rely on self-administration

Sources:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320071.php

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4695828/

 

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4695828/#B8-pharmaceutics-07-00438