Kosmetische Pharmakologie

Dermatopharmacology of Salicylic Acid

“…(2) In concentrations of 0.1 % w/w and above, salicylic acid exerts a marked acidogenic (acidifying and alkali-neutralizing) effect on the skin surface [7,8,16,22,33,34,43,47], (3) In the same concentrations it has a photoprotective action, corre sponding to 60% of the absorbency of para-aminobenzoic acid [7,16,19,43].…”

“…41,47], (6) When applied in a suitable form and concentration, salicylic acid also produces direct anti-eczematous [37] and anti-phlogistic [16,36,47] effects [cf. also I, 4,42].…”