Integrative Medicine and Research: Cosmetics Can Lead the Way

Feb 6th, 2017

Raja K. Sivamani, M.D., University of California, Davis; Hadar Lev-Tov, M.D., University of Miami and Dermveda, Inc.; Joseph Alban, MS LAc and Jason Derico, ND, Dermveda, Inc.; and Howard I. Maibach, M.D., University of California, San Francisco

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The demand for natural products and complementary and integrative medicine (CIM), also referred to as alternative medicine, is significant. An estimated $37 billion was spent on CIM in 2007, with one-third of adults in the United States routinely using it.¹ Within dermatology and skin care, the use of CIM may even be higher.²

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