AHA TREATMENT IMPROVES STRATUM CORNEUM CERAMIDE LEVELS
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
AHA TREATMENT IMPROVES STRATUM CORNEUM CERAMIDE LEVELS, Unilever researchers A. Rawlings et al concluded in a poster presentation at the July 30-Aug. 3 American Academy of Dermatology meeting in San Francisco, CA. In the study, the researchers found that "lactic acid treatment, particularly L-lactic acid, increases the levels of ceramide together with a concomitant improvement in barrier function." Ceramides are lipids in the stratum corneum layer of the skin.