What is it about?
In recent decades, considerable and continuous growth in consumer demand in the dermatological field has spurred development of sophisticated formulations, aiming at high performance, attractive appearance, sensorial benefit and safety. Yet despite increasing demand from consumers, the formulator faces certain restrictions regarding the optimum equilibrium between the active compound concentration and the formulation base taking into account the nature of the skin structure, mainly concerning to the ideal penetration of the active compound, due to the natural skin barrier. The aim of this review is to highlight the main high and low energy methods applicable in cosmetics and dermatological nanoemulsion development, their specificities, recent research on these methods, and consideration for the process selection optimization.
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Why is it important?
This article review highlights in an objective and unique way, different nanoemulsion production processes, with prospects for large-scale production as one of the key attributes in the method selection process.
Perspectives
The global overview of different mechanisms and alternatives for topical nanoemulsion development are presented in this paper, along with their benefits and drawbacks. Since a cosmetics formulation is reflected in product delivery to consumers, this overview may help the formulators to develop their nanoemulsion with realistic approach, balancing the technical difficulties and the consumer needs.
Mrs Megumi Nishitani Yukuyama
University of Sao Paulo
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This page is a summary of: Nanoemulsion: process selection and application in cosmetics - a review, International Journal of Cosmetic Science, July 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/ics.12260.
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