Exploring Microbial and Biophysical Aspects of Dry Skin: In Vivo Test of a Novel Skincare Formulation

This study highlighted that the product has proven to have a moisturizing action, exerts a cellular renewal action, improves skin firmness and elasticity, and reduces skin roughness. For microbial analysis, the main evidence is that both the placebo and the product help restore the skin microbiota but only the product increased the quantity of Cutibacterium acnes (one of the primary commensal bacteria of the skin) and was able to decrease the abundance of Pseudomonas koreensis usually associated with dry and rosacea skin with beneficial effects.