Topical Nail Products and Ungual Drug Delivery

A growing area of pharmaceutical research, the search for efficient delivery techniques that can cross the nail barrier has yielded several effective strategies, brought together in this book.

Topics Include

Nail anatomy, physiology, diseases, and treatment

Permeability of the nail plate

Topical nail formulations

Approaches to enhance ungual and trans-ungual drug delivery

In vitro and in vivo models to evaluate topical nail formulations

Nail sampling techniques

Bioengineering of the nail

Trans-ungual iontophoresis

Pharmacokinetics of drugs in the nail apparatus

Onychopharmacokinetics: proposed model insight

Photodynamic therapy of nail diseases

The nail as a surrogate for investigating drug use