Emollients

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Emollients or emollients (singular: the emollient ) are means in pharmacy that are supposed to make (soften) the skin soft and supple. The term comes from the Latin emollire, to make soft. Such substances were already known in ancient Egypt, the term emollient itself was used as early as the 19th century.

The emollients are substances that reduce the roughness of the skin and make the skin appear softer and smoother. They work by “filling up” the spaces between the flaking corneocytes , increasing the cohesion between the horny cells and “smoothing” the raised corners of the individual corneocytes. This also increases the refraction of light on the skin and the skin appears smoother. Examples of frequently used emollients, which mostly also act as occlusive agents and / or humectants at the same time , are lanolin , mineral oil and petroleum jelly . Examples are further z. B. linseed envelopes, fats , waxes , stearyl alcohol , cetearyl isononanoate , dioctyl ether , 2-Hydroxyethylstearat , isocetyl stearate , zinc stearate , boric acid and the like.

The use in small children to prevent dry skin must be weighed against an increased infection rate.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Duden spelling
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