Study Details

Study Purpose

The purpose of this study will be to determine the moisturization (hydration) potential of personal care products (wash-off, leave-on) and/or regime (for example, combination of personal washing product followed by leave-on product) after controlled product application. Moisturization potential will be determined through a combination of visual assessments of dryness and erythema and non-invasive instrumental evaluations for hydration: Corneometer and Skicon. Up to 46 participants will participate in the conditioning phase of the study and of these, approximately 26 healthy male or female, ages 18 through 65 having Fitzpatrick I-IV (scale I to IV will depend on your skin tone as after winter, during the first 45 – 60 minutes of sun exposure without sunscreen), will participate in the product application phase of the study.

Study Duration

Total 2 Visits
Screening, Product Application and assessment Phase

Study Schedule

General Screening

DECEMBER 1ST

Medical Screening

N/A

Study Visit(s)

Visit 1 (Approx. 1 hour) [DECEMBER 1ST]
Informed Consent, Medical history review, inclusion/exclusion questions, soap distribution and instructions

Visit 2 (Approx. 3.5 hour) [DECEMBER 6TH]
"This visit will take approximately 3.5 hours. At this visit, an evaluator will examine your Inner Forearms and Lower Outer Legs to determine whether you will qualify for the study. Before all visual evaluations can be done, you will sit in an environmental controlled room (66°F-74°F (18°C-23°C) and 30%-55% relative humidity) with your test sites exposed (sleeves and pants rolled up) for at least 20 minutes. If you qualify, two test sites will be marked on one of the inner forearm, each 4 cm X 4 cm in diameter and three test sites will be marked on one of the lower outer leg, each 5 cm X 5 cm in diameter, a total of five test sites. Please do not remove these marks until after the study is complete. Immediately after visuals for forearm and lower outer leg, instrumental readings will be taken from each test site, instruments will measure moisture in the skin (Corneometer and Skicon) and five readings per test site will be collected. The instruments do not penetrate the skin; they rest on the surface of the skin and are painless. Followed by instruments, both test sites from the forearm will receive any of the two products and from three test sites on the lower outer leg: one of the test site will receive product application, one test site will be untreated and one test site will be water control. You will have visuals and two instrumentations (Corneometer and Skicon): For all test sites on Lower Outer Leg at 30 minutes and 2 hours after product application and, For all test sites on Forearms at 2 hours only after product application. You will be sit under environmentally controlled room for at least 20 minutes before any Visuals and instrumentations. You are not allowed to leave the building and need to follow instructions."

Follow-Up Visit(s)

N/A

Other Notes

Bring valid ID