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Skin hydration in postmenopausal women: argan oil benefit with oral and/or topical use

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Boucetta, Kenza Qiraouani, Charrouf, Zoubida, Derouiche, Abdelfattah, Rahali, Younes, Bensouda, Yahya·2014·Menopausal Review
DOI 10.5114/pm.2014.46470PMC PMC4520377
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THE AIM OF THIS STUDY: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of daily consumption and/or application of argan oil on skin hydration in postmenopausal women. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Sixty postmenopausal women consumed butter during the stabilization period and were randomly divided into two groups for the intervention period: the treatment group absorbed alimentary argan oil (n = 30) and the control group olive oil (n = 30). Both groups applied cosmetic argan oil in the left volar forearm during a sixty days' period. Evaluation of skin hydration, i.e. transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and water content of the epidermis (WCE) on both volar forearms of the two groups, were performed during three visits at D0, D30 and after sixty days (D60) of oils treatment. RESULTS: The consumption of argan oil has led to a significant decrease in TEWL (p = 0.023) and a significant increase in WCE (p = 0.001). The application of argan oil has led to a significant decrease in TEWL (p = 0.01) and a significant increase in WCE (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that the daily consumption and application of argan oil have improved the skin hydration by restoring the barrier function and maintaining the water-holding capacity.

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  • Daily topical application of argan oil improves skin hydration by restoring barrier function and maintaining water-holding capacity.

    “Daily topical application of argan oil has also been shown to improve skin elasticity [81] and skin hydration by restoring the barrier function and maintaining the water-holding capacity [123].”

    From Anti-Inflammatory and Skin Barrier Repair Effects of Topical Application of Some Plant Oils (2017) · cites this paper as [123]

    The Discussion reports improved hydration, barrier function, and water-holding capacity after 60 days of daily argan-oil use in postmenopausal women; the Abstract’s Results also report significant changes after topical application. The citing sentence omits that population and duration, making the finding sound more general than the study establishes. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Boucetta, K. Q., Charrouf, Z., Derouiche, A., Rahali, Y., & Bensouda, Y.
Affiliations
  • Mohammed V University (MA)
  • University of Hassan II Casablanca (MA)
Corresponding author
Bensouda, Yahya
ORCID
Venue
Menopausal Review
Publisher
Termedia Sp. z.o.o.
Published
2014
Volume
5
Issue
5
Pages
280-288
ISSN
1643-8876 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.5114/pm.2014.46470
PMC
PMC4520377
OpenAlex
W2170138432
Cited by
31
References
1
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0.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
cc-by-nc-sa
Locations
  • Menopause Review/Przegląd Menopauzalny (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Skin Protection and Aging
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Dermatology and Skin Diseases
Keywords
argan oil, skin hydration, postmenopausal women, transepidermal water loss, skin barrier function, oral supplementation, topical application, olive oil, menopause

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