Scientific Information on Skin Moisture
Skin Moisture
Summary of Skin Moisture
Scientific Information on Skin Moisture
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Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials |
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Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled |
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Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies |
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Uncontrolled or observational studies only |
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Level of Evidence
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The amount of high quality evidence. The more
evidence, the more we can trust the results.
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Supplement |
Magnitude of effect
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The direction and size of the supplement's impact on
each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
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Consistency of research results
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Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or
VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
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Very High See 2 studies |
Appears to be comparable to mineral oil, the active control
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Minor
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- See 2 studies |
One study failed to find an increase in total moisture, though it did find a reduction in total epidermal water loss, while another study did find an increase in moisture in irradiated skin.
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- | Very High See all 3 studies |
Oral supplementation of cocoa flavanols does not appear to significantly influence skin hydration when compared to placebo.
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