Opinion
- Author:
- Leslie S. Baumann, MD
Publish date: June 7, 2022
Various UV filters, including BP-3, octinoxate, octocrylene, and ethylhexyl salicylate, are thought to pose considerable peril to the marine enviro...
Article
- Author:
- Leslie S. Baumann, MD
Publish date: May 18, 2022
The best known uses of these compounds are as perfume fixatives and sunscreen agents.
Opinion
- Author:
- Leslie S. Baumann, MD
Publish date: March 15, 2022
The problem is that no one agrees on a clean ingredient standard for beauty products.
Opinion
- Author:
- Leslie S. Baumann, MD
Publish date: December 13, 2021
There are dozens of skin care products that claim to repair the barrier that do not have the science or ingredient content to back them up.
Opinion
- Author:
- Leslie S. Baumann, MD
Publish date: November 9, 2021
Terpenoids and essential oils are the primary components of frankincense and are known to impart anti-inflammatory and anticancer activity.
Opinion
- Author:
- Leslie S. Baumann, MD
Publish date: October 15, 2021
Much more research is necessary to determine how best to harness and direct the useful activities of tryptophan and FICZ without incurring damaging...
Opinion
- Author:
- Leslie S. Baumann, MD
Publish date: September 17, 2021
An important ingredient in the contemporary perfume and cosmetics industries, vetiver, is the only grass cultivated throughout the world to retain ...
Opinion
- Author:
- Leslie S. Baumann, MD
Publish date: August 18, 2021
Dragon’s blood resin is one of the many botanical agents with roots in traditional medicine that are among the bioactive ingredients used in the bo...
Opinion
- Author:
- Leslie S. Baumann, MD
Publish date: July 19, 2021
The peptides and the small proteins found in snake venoms are known to confer a wide range of biologic activities, includin...
Opinion
- Author:
- Leslie S. Baumann, MD
Publish date: June 14, 2021
We don't know enough yet, to have cosmeceuticals that affect cellular senescence and autophagy. But, it's not too early to learn about this researc...
Opinion
- Author:
- Leslie S. Baumann, MD
Publish date: May 18, 2021
In the last couple of decades, secondary metabolites with bioactive properties have been identified in seaweeds.
Opinion
- Author:
- Leslie S. Baumann, MD
Publish date: April 14, 2021
Marine ingredients have been steadily flowing into the market for skin care, and research has proliferated.
Opinion
- Author:
- Leslie S. Baumann, MD
Publish date: March 15, 2021
Bee venom has been shown to provide many salutary effects, but more research is needed, according to Dr. Baumann.
Opinion
- Author:
- Leslie S. Baumann, MD
Publish date: February 10, 2021
Current evidence provides reasons for optimism that bee venom can play a role among the various treatments for atopic dermatitis and acne.
Opinion
- Author:
- Leslie S. Baumann, MD
Publish date: January 15, 2021
Chronobiological research into how circadian rhythms work at the cellular level, and in cutaneous cells in particular, is a fascinating and expandi...
