title: Skin xerosis. Clinical report on the effect of a moisturizing soap bar.
abstract: Two double-blind and supervised clinical studies were conducted to determine the direct effect of a moisturizing soap bar on skin xerosis (dry skin). One study compared the moisturizing soap bar with a commercially available soap bar and used young adult subjects who resided in an area of high relative humidity. The second study compared the moisturizing soap bar with a placebo soap bar and used elderly subjects who resided in an area of low relative humidity. In both instnaces, washing twice daily with the moisturizing soap bar provided a lower level of skin flaking than the particular soap bar with which it was compared.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001130:Arizona; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D007057:Ichthyosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012915:Soaps / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D012915:Soaps