PoreWise One finding · Human trial · 1999
Study title
The effects of topical vitamin E on the cosmetic appearance of scars
- Kind of evidence
- Human trial 1999 · 15 people · Adults after surgical removal of skin cancer · PMID 10417589
- Measured outcome
- Skin effect
- Year
- 1999
- Who was studied
- Adults after surgical removal of skin cancer
- Sample size
- 15
- Measured outcome
- In a double-blind trial that split each scar into two halves. Or made worse, the cosmetic appearance.
- Certainty
- Low
- Who was measured
- Scars after surgical removal of skin cancer, treated twice daily for four weeks with a petrolatum-based ointment.
- Study limits
- Fifteen people, one centre, published in 1999. Pigmentation, or the job vitamin E does inside a formula, where it slows oxidation of the oils.
Where it comes from
- The effects of topical vitamin E on the cosmetic appearance of scars
Published by Dermatologic Surgery (Baumann & Spencer) · Last checked 2026-10-26
Ingredients it was measured on
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