Titre : |
Efficacy testing of microbiome skin care |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Christiane Uhl, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2019 |
Article en page(s) : |
p. 41-45 |
Note générale : |
Bibliogr. |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Catégories : |
Microbiome cutané Peau -- analyse Peau -- Soins et hygiène Tests d'efficacité
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Index. décimale : |
668.5 Parfums et cosmétiques |
Résumé : |
Research on the skin microbiome is a fascinating and trendy topic and will probably evolve further. However, despite the intense research, the microbiome shows huge inter- and intra-individual variation and there has been until now no scientific consensus on its perfect composition.
An aspect that still needs more research effort is the influence of cosmetic products on the resident microbiome. What is happening in the microbiome realm when applying oily formulations on skin areas that by nature do not have high sebum production and feature an adapted healthy microbiome ? How can we ensure that added microorganisms will survive in the microbial communities on the skin surface ?
And might it be possible that the well¬meant application of probiotic products might have an adverse effect on the skin microbiome, destroying the adapted balance by adding more species of certain bacteria ?
The findings that the skin microbiome is essential for skin health pose a challenge to cosmetic industry to develop new products that not only consider traditional skin types such as oily or dry but to widen their understanding of skin types to certain microbiome types.
Since the daim behind using formulations modifying, enhancing or feeding the microbiome, is the improvement of skin health and especially the strengthening of the skin barrier function, traditional biophysical testing methods and imaging are well-suited to substantiate health-related claims of such products. |
Note de contenu : |
- Fig. 1 : Skin is a natural habitat for a rich variety of microorganisms
- Fig. 2 : Culture of sampled microorganisms is the basis for most traditional microbiological tests
- Fig. 3 : Tewameter measurement with open measurement chamber does not influence the natural evaporation from the skin
- Fig. 4 : The corneometer allows quick and easy hydration measurement at different skin sites
- Fig. 5 : Sebum measurement with the sebumeter takes approximately 30 seconds
- Fig. 6 : Strong fluorescence of the propionibacterium acnes under UV-illumination of the visiopor camera
- Fig. 7 : Calculation of skin texture with visioscan
- Fig. 8 : Desquamation mesurement with visioscan using corneofix tape
- Fig. 9 : pH-changes may influence microbial association. Their measurement can give valuable information on the efficacy of products |
En ligne : |
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hWJ1CkRaVIGNx0CFjZ1pd8Q0xhbPCvpH/view?usp=drive [...] |
Format de la ressource électronique : |
Pdf |
Permalink : |
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in PERSONAL CARE EUROPE > Vol. 13, N° 3 (04/2019) . - p. 41-45