Introduction to World of Skin Care Information

Why another book on skin, and particularly on skin care information?
What is there to be said that is not already covered in the hundreds of magazine articles on professional skin care products, beauty, and skin health that are published every week?

Our skin is the outward appearance of who or what we are, or would like to be. But it is more than just a simple cover. It is the largest organ of the body - a complex and dynamic system that is vitally important to our health, and sometimes reflects it as well.

Every baby's skin, perhaps after a wrinkly start, looks very much like that of every other child within its racial group. But as the years go by its structure and appearance may change dramatically, and seldom for the better if professional skin care products are not used. Differences between the various parts of our skin, particularly that of sun-exposed areas like the face and arms, become more obvious.