微针为医疗和美容应用提供了一种穿过皮肤屏障的人工途径。在过去的几年里，这项技术的普及率显著提高；例如使用安装在滚筒上的多个小针头刺穿皮肤，刺激胶原蛋白的产生，作为治疗许多皮肤疾病的辅助技术，人们对这种方法的兴趣再次高涨。这本专著重点汇集了关于如何将微针技术融入临床皮肤科实践的已有知识，包括微针透皮介质、皮肤穿孔和固体微针、可溶性和涂层微针阵列、空针以及微针的临床美容应用等。
Boris Stoeber, PEng, PhD is Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Research Chair in Microfluidics and Sensing Technology, Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Raja K Sivamani, MD, MS (Bioengineering), AP is Ayurvedic Practitioner, Pacific Skin Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology, Director of Clinical Research, University of California, Davis; Associate Professor of Dermatology, California Northstate University, College of Medicine; and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Co-Director of Microbiome Labs Research Initiative, Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Sacramento
Howard I. Maibach, MD is Professor, Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco
1
