Wash or wipe? A comparative study of skin physiological changes between water washing and wiping after skin cleaning

Background/purpose: Presently, skin-cleaning agents that claim to be removed by water or wiping alone are commercially available and have been used for the purpose of bed baths. However, there is a lack of knowledge on how water washing and wiping differently affect skin physiological functions or ceramide content. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of water washing and wiping on skin physiological functions and ceramide content. Methods: Three kinds of the cleaning agents with different removal techniques (ie, water washing and wiping) were used in this study. Skin physiological functions (ie, transepidermal water loss, skin hydration, and skin pH) and skin ceramide content were measured before and after seven consecutive days of the application of each cleaning agent. Results: No significant differences in skin physiological functions or ceramide content were observed between water washing and wiping. Conclusion: Cleaning agents that claim to be removed by water washing or wiping do not affect skin physiological functions or ceramide content by either removal method. © 2017 John Wiley & Sons A/S.Embargo Period 12 month

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We reported the result of participation of a student belonging to the University of Tokushima in on international volunteer activity in Bangladesh on 2010 summer. This activity was entitled as "Model project for improvement on Oral Health Care in Rural Area in Bangladesh"，a grass-roots project supported by JICA. A female third-year student (Risa AOKI) of the faculty of dentistry took part in this activity as a supporting team member. This supporting team was organized by the students of Hokkaido University and was composed of Japanese university students from Hokkaido，Hokkaido Health Science，Nagasaki and Tokushima universities. Purpose of this activity was to provide an effective oral health care program that includes motivating and instructing the method of tooth brushing to approximately four thousands students of twelve primary schools in a typical rural area of Mohichall Union of Bangladesh. This program also included motivation and insiruction of the primary school teachers，students of dental colleges and dentists in Bangladesh so that they could participate in this program and carry out similar type of program in future.It was a great experience for us to join the general university students who organized this international volunteer team. This project taught us how to implement a feasible and experienced plan in a low socio-economic condition which was a good example for an international volunteer activity