Cosmetic Firms Enrich Body Moisturizers.* JAPAN: Skin care creams with active ingredients for protection are selling well in Japan, according to industry experts. Rohto Pharmaceutical Company's Mentholatum AD Premium Milk debuted in 1998 and contains active ingredients such as crotamiton, which alleviates itchiness; urea and tocopherol tocopherol: see vitamin. acetate (vitamin E), which help to prevent dry skin and glycyrrhetinic acid to stop inflammation. Nivea-Kao Co. began introducing body moisturizers in its Nivea body series in 1998. In addition to the popular Nivea Body Skin Milk, the company offers Balsam containing vitamin E. Last September, Kao Corp. introduced a new line of skin care products called Curel Medicated medicated /med·i·cat·ed/ (med´i-kat?id) imbued with a medicinal substance. medicated contains a medicinal substance. . These products contain ceramide, a substance that exists in the keratin keratin (kĕr`ətĭn), any one of a class of fibrous protein molecules that serve as structural units for various living tissues. The keratins are the major protein components of hair, wool, nails, horn, hoofs, and the quills of feathers. layer of the skin, which gives protection from outside elements and retains moisture. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company's Urepearl Plus lotion contains lidocaine lidocaine /li·do·caine/ (li´do-kan) an anesthetic with sedative, analgesic, and cardiac depressant properties, applied topically in the form of the base or hydrochloride salt as a local anesthetic; also used in the latter form as a , diphenhydramine hydrochloride and d-camphor, which help relieve dry, itchy skin. Shiseido Pharmaceutical Company's Ferzea DX lotion also contains lidocaine and diphenhydramine diphenhydramine /di·phen·hy·dra·mine/ (di?fen-hi´drah-men) a potent antihistamine, used as the hydrochloride salt in the treatment of allergic symptoms and for its anticholinergic, antitussive, antiemetic, antivertigo, and antidyskinetic . Eissai Company's Sahne skin lotion contains vitamin E and glycyrrhizinate dipotassium, an anti-inflammatory agent. |
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