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1. Introduction As the largest organ of the human body, skin health and appearance are of great significance to an individual’s overall health and quality of life. With aging, environmental influences, and diseases, the skin may develop problems such as aging and damage. Both Cold Atmospheric Plasma (CAP) and Vitamin C have shown certain potential in the field of skin treatment, and...

1. Current Status of CAP Application in Skincare Beauty and skincare products based on CAP technology are gradually emerging in the global market and receiving positive feedback from users. In 2013, a German company launched a CAP product for treating chronic, infected wounds and skin diseases caused by pathogens, marking the beginning of CAP application in clinical medicine [1][2][3]. This device has...

1. Application of CAP in Skincare As an achievement in physics, "cold atmospheric plasma" has broad application prospects in biomedicine. In January 2014, the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents (IJAA) published a review stating that cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) is a latest and cutting-edge antibacterial treatment method. It exhibits outstanding efficacy in anti-infection, and is expected to replace traditional treatments such as antibiotics to...

1. Principles of CAP Sterilization Since Dr. Laroussi from the United States first conducted research on the application of cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) in sterilization in 1966 [1][2], CAP has been increasingly widely used in disinfection and sterilization. In addition to the physical properties such as light, heat, and electricity generated during its formation, CAP also contains a variety of active components,...

1. What is Plasma? Plasma is the fourth state of matter besides solid, liquid, and gas. Due to the fact that the way particles are carried in uniformly discharged plasma is similar to how blood plasma carries red blood cells, it is vividly referred to as "electrical plasma". Plasma is the fourth state of matter apart from solid, liquid, and gas. In...