Skin Deep

All About Our Largest Organ

  • No. 1 best seller with more than 200,000 copies sold
  • Revised edition scheduled for spring 2027

Skin is our daily preoccupation: general care, sensitivity, allergies, anti-ageing, sun…it is barely two metres square and envelops everything we carry inside us. It makes us snatch back the hand that grab a blade the wrong way round, prevents us from getting too cold or too hot and protects us from harmful intruders. No stimulus, no sex - without our skin. In her book, as entertaining as it is informative, the TV dermatologist, Yael Adler, gets to grips with our skin and explains everything we could want to know. She doesn’t hold back from talking about pimples, wrinkles, smelly feet and various other subjects we tiptoe around. She explains with enthusiasm why sex is good for our looks, why men don’t get cellulite and why our skin’s got plenty of brains. With b/w illustrations by Katja Spitzer.

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  • Publisher: Droemer HC
  • Release: 01.09.2016
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-27699-0
  • 384 Pages
  • Authors: Dr. med. Yael Adler
  • Illustrated by: Katja Spitzer
Buchcover von Skin Deep: Alles über unser größtes Organ. Neu mit Praxisteil (Erweiterte Ausgabe 2018)
Dr. med. Yael Adler Katja Spitzer Skin Deep
Portrait von Dr. med. Yael Adler
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Dr. med. Yael Adler

Dr. med. Yael Adler is a specialist in dermatology, venereology, phlebology and nutritional medicine (DGEM). She is also in demand as an expert in anti-ageing medicine and longevity, i.e. healthy ageing. She has worked in clinical research and has been running her own practice in Berlin since 2007. She has also been practising at the renowned Clinic Utoquai in Zurich since 2024. Yael Adler has a talent for explaining complex medical issues in an understandable and accessible way. She demonstrates this in stand-up lectures and as a health expert in the media, including as a medical expert in various TV formats (including Sat.1-Frühstücksfernsehen, ZDF-Fernsehgarten, ARD-Buffet, hr-Ratgeber, RTL Punkt 12), as a sought-after sparring partner for major interviews in newspapers and magazines, as a columnist for t-online.de and the FAZ am Sonntag. She has also been giving expert advice with her interview partners for years in her regular podcast “Ist das noch gesund?”. Her books “Haut nah” (2016, translated into 35 languages), “Darüber spricht man nicht” (2018) and “Genial vital” (2023), published by Droemer, all reached number 1 on the SPIEGEL bestseller list.

Portrait von Katja Spitzer
Katja Spitzer

Yael Adler is a dermatologist with a passion for skin and hair. She worked in clinical research for many years and since 2007, she has headed her own practice in Grunewald (Berlin). She has shown her talent and passion for communicating complex medical information about skin in a clear and very entertaining manner in numerous presentations and as a health expert in the media. Her first popular non-fiction title, “Haut nah”, was a Spiegel no. 1 best seller and was translated into 25 languages.