Effects of a Moisturizer and Emollient on the Stratum Corneum Assessed by Confocal Raman Spectroscopy in Patients With and Without Atopic Dermatitis: An Assessor‐Blinded Prospective Cohort Study
Risa Fukuda, Rena Hashimoto, Kyongsun Pak, Hazuki Yasuda, Naoko Mochimaru, Yukio Matsumoto, Megumi Kiuchi, Shiho Uematsu, Kazue Yoshida · 2026
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Risa Fukuda and co-authors wrote a 2026 cohort study comparing a moisturiser cream and petroleum jelly on the skin barrier in adults with and without eczema. Eczema, here atopic dermatitis, weakens the outer skin layer and lowers natural moisture factors. Twelve adults without eczema and twelve with it applied each product to a different forearm daily for twenty-eight days. A light-based method measured water, fats, and acids in the outer skin layer.
Twenty-three people finished the study. The cream raised a key skin fat, ceramide, in both groups, mainly in upper layers. It also raised lactic acid and skin hydration in the eczema group. Petroleum jelly raised ceramide across layers only in the non-eczema group and did not lift hydration in eczema skin. The authors judge moisturisers better suited than plain jelly for repairing this barrier problem.
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| CREATOR | Risa Fukuda, Rena Hashimoto, Kyongsun Pak, Hazuki Yasuda, Naoko Mochimaru, Yukio Matsumoto, Megumi Kiuchi, Shiho Uematsu, Kazue Yoshida |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14954 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |