Brochure Soothex
Brochure Soothex
Brochure Soothex
Different Stress Factors Skin Cells Consumer claims Contains a natural active to reduce irritation (e.g. from
air pollution anti-acne, whitening or depilatory cream)
UV irradiation Arachidonic acid Formulated for sensitive and reactive skin
micro-organisms (in the cell membrane)
chemicals in everyday Formulated for sensitive body areas
products
INCI Dipropylene Glycol, Boswellia Serrata Gum (Soothex)
Soothex inhibits Isostearyl Alcohol, Boswellia Serrata Gum (Soothex ISA)
5 - lipoxygenase 5 - lipoxygenase
Ecocert variant Soothex ISA
Leukotrienes Appearance Slight hazy brown liquid with light medicated odour
Pro-inflammatory
factors causing Dosage 0.5-2.5%
redness
pain Formulation Incorporate into oil phase of emulsions
irritation
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in-vivo efficacy
Soothex shows Depilatory cream instrumental test Depilatory cream applied for 20 minutes on
significant (p<0.001) 19 volunteers, skin redness measured with
a Chromameter up to 1 hour after cream
reduction of skin
removal, measure of a value.
reddening effect
coming from a 1.5
depilatory cream
Change in skin redness (a value)
0.5
-0.5
-1
Soothex 2.5%
-1.5 Placebo
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 minutes
1.5
0.5
0
control control + 0.4%
(7% Lactic Acid) Bisabool
control + 2% Soothex
(0.2% Boswellia Serrata Gum)
Soothex reduces SLS patch test Surfactant gel formulation containing 0.3%
significantly skin Up to 30% reduction of skin reddening SLS and 2.5% Soothex, occlusive applied
(p<0.001) during 8 days on 30 volunteers, visual
redness due to
assessment by trained technicians on a 0
surfactants to 1 scale.
Visual change from the baseline
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1 Control + Soothex 2.5%
0 Control 0.3% SLS gel
day 3 day 5 day 8
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