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Efficacy of a moisturizing cream and facial mask for alleviating skin problems associated with medical mask use: A half-face, randomized controlled study

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Publisher:: Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology (Wang Y, 2024)
Source type:: Journal · study
Last checked:: 2026-11-10
URL:: https://doi.org/10.1111/jocd.16226

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Evidence: In a half-face randomized controlled study of 64 women, a moisturizing facial cream applied after medical-mask wear improved the treated half-face's skin dryness score by -1.00 and TEWL by -2.95 g/h per cm2 within 10 minutes, versus 0.00 and -0.68 on the untreated half-face (both p<0.001); a cream-plus-mask combination gave larger improvements at 1 hour and later.