Editorial

Would you like to see your news story feature in our regular email newsletter? Or your in-depth story appear in Personal Care Magazine?

We welcome editorial submissions from manufactureres and suppliers of products and services for the Asia Pacific personal care market. While there is no guarantee that we will publish your submission, you can rest assured that we will consider it carefully - and contact you.

If you would like to know more about getting your story published, contact Richard Scott

Editorial Department
Step Communications Ltd
Step House
North Farm Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN2 3DR
Telephone: 01892 518877
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PRODUCT ARTICLE

A true petrolatum alternative

Until antibiotics conquered the world, the only possible method for curing gangrene was maggot therapy, except for amputation of the extremities. Maggots were applied to the wound and would eat the necrotic tissue, including the organisms that were responsible for that.

TECHNICAL ARTICLE

Skin defences boosted by grapefruit extract

Humans are constantly exposed to harmful foreign chemicals and materials from exogenous and endogenous sources. As a result, defence mechanisms have evolved to protect against toxin overload.1 Cells are under constant threat from metabolic waste products and xenobiotics. The formation of phase I and phase II metabolism mobilises and excretes these mainly lipophilic toxins.