4th session:
Unraveling the complexities of dry skin and mature xerosis
Chair: Enzo Berardesca, MD (IT)
Overview of skin barrier structure and function
Enzo Berardesca, MD (IT)
Racial/ethnic variations in skin barrier structure, function, and composition in dry, atopic skin
Andrew Alexis, MD (USA)
Advanced methods for evaluating emollients: the BRaCE study
Simon Danby, PhD (UK)
Mature xerosis alterations in barrier structure, function, and composition with age
Joachim Fluhr, MD (GER)