Banner - NPPA Connect
|Articles|November 1, 2012

What does having 'sensitive skin' really mean?

Sensitive skin is really a marketing term that has no medical definition. It might amaze you to know that approximately 60 percent of consumers polled in a recent trends study consider themselves to possess sensitive skin.


Related to this article

Journal Digest: October 7, 2026
This week’s review highlights pediatric oral minoxidil guidance, alopecia areata imaging, inherited skin disorder growth patterns, total-body photography, and radiofrequency microneedling for rosacea.