Corneotherapy - the base of sustainable skin care

New findings to maintain the skin barrier function Potsdam – Germany May 9-11, 2025
Good evening, ladies & gentlemen, dear friends and I.A.C. members, It is a great pleasure for me as Vice Chairman...

Trans barrier treatments in corneotherapeutical practice Seville – Spain October 6-8, 2023 Welcome – Opening
Good evening, ladies & gentlemen, dear friends and I.A.C. members, It is a great pleasure for me as the Vice...

Enzymes & enzyme defects Königswinter – Germany May 1-3, 2019 Welcome – Opening
Good evening ladies & gentlemen, dear friends and I.A.C. members, It is a great pleasure for me as the Vice...

Skin Microbiome and Corneotherapy Auckland – New Zealand January 12-14, 2018 Welcome – Opening
Good evening ladies & gentlemen, dear friends and I.A.C. members, to begin with, I would like to express my thanks...

Adjuvant Corneotherapy – from Physics to Corneo­therapeutic Treatments Cologne – Germany May 6-10, 2016 Welcome – Opening
Good evening ladies & gentlemen, dear friends and I.A.C. members, It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you to...

Lecture held at the 20th annual meeting of the Society of Dermopharmacy in Berlin on March 16, 2016
Lamellar cream bases1 modelled on the structure of the skin barrier2 are suitable for dermatological formulations3,...

Lecture held at the 19th annual meeting of the Society of Dermopharmacy at Berlin on March 18, 2015
In dermatological cosmetics1 and corneotherapy treatments2 nanodispersions are applied as modular systems3. In other...

The compromised skin and corneotherapy Kaohsiung – Taiwan November 17-21, 2014 Welcome – Opening
Good evening ladies & gentlemen, dear friends and I.A.C. members, we are very pleased to welcome you to the 3rd...

Lecture held at the 18th annual meeting of the Society of Dermopharmacy at Berlin on April 9, 2014
  With the last amendment of the German Ordinance on the Operation of Pharmacies (Apothekenbetriebsordnung -...

Ever since Professor Albert M. Kligman defined corneotherapy the methodology has been advanced and refined1. As with many progressive concepts however the term has now reached the field of conventional cosmetics and the use of the idiom "corneotherapy" has now been exploited for sales promotions in order to offer conventional approaches with more progressive and exciting labels.  
One of the most recent marketing gimmicks was the term nano2,3 used in various ways by countless copycats until...

Lecture held at the 16th annual meeting of the Society of Dermopharmacy at Berlin on March 3, 2012
Plasma membranes of cells and skin barrier have sub-microscopic lamellar structures that are of particular interest for...

Lecture held at the 17th annual meeting of the Society of Dermopharmacy at Mainz on March 23, 2013
 Lamellar cream bases are appropriate formulations for skin care but also for skin protection purposes due to their...

After the 2nd International Symposium on Corneotherapy 2013 in Germany the International Association for Applied...

Langenfeld – Germany May 10-17, 2013 Welcome – Opening
Good morning ladies & gentlemen, we are very pleased to welcome you to the 2nd Symposium on Corneotherapy here in...

From skin diagnosis to the prevention of premature skin aging
The development of cosmetic treatment procedures in combination with studies on the efficacy of the products play a...

At KOKO GmbH & Co. KG the applied corneotherapy focuses on: continuous transfer of the corneotherapeutical...

Skin diagnosis and treatment of problem skin
Corneotherapy will define the individual skin care of the future as after skin analysis its principles are specifically...

Corneotherapy is the link between cosmetics and dermatology on a scientific base.
Prof. A. M. Kligman firstly coined the term "corneotherapy". He could show that the persistent...