Introduction

ESCAD is a democratic, non-commercial, non-profitmaking medical scientific Learned Society, which is registered in Paris. There is an executive board and the president and members of the executive board are elected each year at the annual general meeting. ESCAD is supported by a scientific committee which includes many members from Europe and a good number of colleagues from other continents. ESCAD cooperates with other international and national cosmetic dermatological societies. The aims and goals of ESCAD can be viewed bij selecting the link. ESCAD aims to foster the highest standards of patient care in cosmetic and aesthetic dermatology, and aims to facilitate continuing professional development and a friendly forum for the exchange of scientific research and innovative techniques. ESCAD tries to bring together clinical dermatologists, academic dermatologists, and scientists working in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.