Washing with a body cleanser and topical application of a moisturizer containing a pseudo‐ceramide and a eucalyptus extract are effective to improve mild atopic dermatitis in Thailand

Efficacy of Topical Application of a Skin Moisturizer Containing Pseudo-Ceramide and a Eucalyptus Leaf Extract on Atopic Dermatitis: A Review

“…Thus, the high humidity conditions in the summer may decrease skin dryness and scaling but not enough to prevent the skin symptoms of AD, such as erythema and itchiness, and the P-Cer moisturizer is effective for the skin care of patients with AD, even in the summer. Confirmation of the efficacy of P-Cer moisturizer in South and East Asia may be coincident with this result [89,96,126].…”

“…Concerning the evaluation of the efficacy of P-Cer moisturizer in patients with mild AD in Thailand, this moisturizer indicates a significant improvement both in the SCORing Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) index and subjectively using Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) scores. In addition to this improvement in skin symptoms by application of the test lotion, the use of a mild body cleanser [ 162 ] induced a significantly higher improvement in both evaluations [ 89 ]. Effective cleansing and retaining skin moisture are conflicting propositions and have been called the ‘cleansing paradox’.…”