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Application and mechanism of probiotics in skin care: A review
Jinyan Yu1, Xumin Ma1, Xiaoyu Wang1
1School of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Background:
Skin problems have been the focus of attention in recent years. Skin aging, wrinkles, pigmentation, dryness has been a problem that makes people feel troubled. Researchers have been devoted to find ways to solve these skin problems. Micro-ecological skin care is a popular concept these days, and improving skin health through the use of probiotics is a hot topic of discussion.
Objective:
Many experimental studies have shown that probiotics have a good effect on improving skin problems. This paper aims to comprehensively review the application and mechanism of probiotics in skin care and provide theoretical basis for the application of probiotics in skin care.
Methods:
Literatures in this review were searched in PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Web of Science, and Science Direct.
Results:
Probiotics have potent effects on skin whitening, moisturizing, anti-aging, anti-wrinkle and removing body odor.
Conclusions:
The effects of probiotics on skin whitening, skin moisturizing, anti-aging, improving skin wrinkles and removing body odor were reviewed, which provided a new basis for the extensive application of probiotics in skin care.
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