FIguRE 1: Depiction of how surfactants within a cleanser can remove SC material and also remain in the SC. The lengths scales of the cartoon at the left are inaccurate; corneocytes have diameters ∼20 µm, while the micelles sizes are ∼5 nm. At the right, a molecular-level illustration of ordered SC lipids (ceramides, cholesterol, and fatty acids) and surfactants from a cleanser inserting into these ordered SC lipids.