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Competing Interests: Conflicts of interest B.S. and J.G. are employees of Beiersdorf AG. W.G.P.-D. has acted as a consultant for, been an investigator for, and/or received honoraria for educational events from AbbVie/Allergan, Almirall-Hermal, BASF, Beiersdorf, Benevi, Biofrontera, EcoElio, Eucerin, FB Dermatology, Galderma, Gen Re, InfectoPharm, Laboratoires Pierre Fabre, La Roche Posay, Leo, L’Oréal, Lysando, McKinsey & Company, Merz, Schulze & Böhm, SkinCeuticals and Skin Jet. M.V. is an employee of Beiersdorf Dermo Medical GmbH. A.M.L. has acted as a consultant for, been chief investigator for research grants (funded to institution) and/or received honoraria for unrestricted educational events from Alliance, Almirall, Beiersdorf, Galderma, GSK, La Roche Posay, Leo, L’Oreal, Meda, Mylan, Novartis, Origimm and Proctor & Gamble.