Transfollicular Drug Delivery: Is It a Reality?

November 2005 in “ International journal of pharmaceutics ”

Victor M. Meidan, Michael Bonner, B. B. Michniak

hair follicles sebaceous glands percutaneous drug delivery pilosebaceous units acne alopecia systemic drug delivery formulations targeting follicles transfollicular drug delivery skin drug delivery hair units hair loss body-wide drug delivery follicle-targeting formulations through-hair drug delivery

Studysummary This review examines the role of hair follicles and sebaceous glands in percutaneous drug delivery but does not report new clinical results; it calls for further exploration of follicle-targeting therapies.

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