title: Moisturizing and antisebum effect of cosmetic application on facial skin.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Water content of the stratum corneum and skin surface lipids are important factors in the appearance and function of skin. High water content and low sebum secretion are considered main features of fair skin. Aim This paper aims to study the change of skin physiological parameters after cosmetic application.
  
  
  METHODS
  The skin water content, transepidermal water loss, and skin sebum secretion on different regions of the facial skin before and after the cosmetic application were measured using Corneometer, Tewameter, and Sebumeter, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cosmetics kept higher water content and lower transepidermal water loss, at the same time lower sebum secretion 4 and 8 h after the cosmetic application, compared with those before it. The situation was maintained in the following 3-week continuous use of the cosmetics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The cosmetic application on human facial skin could provide some moisturizing effect and at the same time some antisebum effect according to different regions on facial skin, which favored the maintenance of good skin physiological function after applying skin care products.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Sino-German Union Cosmetic Institute Co., Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Yiyang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Meixian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yuantao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hongyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xiaoran
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Schrader
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andreas
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rohr
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003358:Cosmetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D025802:Electric Capacitance; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010783:Photometry; D012627:Sebaceous Glands / Q000378:metabolism*; D012629:Sebum / Q000378:metabolism*; D012867:Skin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis*; D014870:Water Loss, Insensible / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics; D014867:Water