Enhancing Dermal Absorption of Cosmeceuticals: Innovations and Techniques for Targeted Skin Delivery

As beauty consumption upgrades and skincare concepts evolve toward science‐backed efficacy, the field of cosmetology has put forward higher requirements for the dermal absorption efficiency of efficacious products. Notably, amid the global medical aesthetics market's 12.8% Compound Annual Growth Rate (projected to reach $35,327.5 million by 2030), rising demand for high‐efficacy cosmeceuticals has amplified the significance of a longstanding issue: the low transdermal efficiency of active ingredients due to skin barrier and molecular constraints. Various studies have explored different dermal absorption promotion methods, but there is a lack of a systematic review that encompasses all types of permeation promotion technologies.

• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology

• Publication date

  2025-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Materials Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/jocd.70514PMID 41127992PMCID 12547863
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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