Care of the Dry Skin With Physiogel AI Lotion® (W0156)

The included patients use the lotion twice daily for a two-week period. If not sufficient it can be continued up to a four-weeks period. Additionally, the patient receives a documentation sheets to note several parameters. In a sensory assessment, product specific parameter such as spreadability, permeability, lubricating, smell of lotion and cosmetic acceptance during the treatment will be assessed (at the beginning, after 2 weeks, after 4 weeks, 2 weeks after stopping treatment). After four weeks the skin care measurement will be terminated and the patient can continue with a treatment of his choice. A monitoring of at least 50 patients per preparation is intended.

Inclusion criteria

• Patients age: over 18 years
• Willing to apply skin care for 2 to 4 weeks, twice daily
• Willing to fulfill questionnaires / home diaries: self-perception of roughness of the skin, desquamation of the skin, lack of skin brightness, feelings of tension and itching

Exclusion criteria

• Participation in any other research study during the previous 4 weeks.
• Previous participation in this study.
• Concurrent participation in any other research study involving an investigational product.
• Current need for the use of topical steroids.
• History of skin disease or allergy likely to interfere with the study or known sensitivity to the test product or its ingredients.
• Subjects considered unable or unlikely to fulfill diaries.
• Employees of (CRO) or Stiefel Laboratories, or an immediate family member (partner, offspring, parents, siblings or sibling's offspring) of an employee.
• History of cancer.
• Recent immunization (less than 10 days prior to the use of the test product).