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KMID : 0984920170190020015
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Journal of Skin Barrier Research
2017 Volume.19 No. 2 p.15 ~ p.22
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Medical Effects of Thermal Spring Water/Spa Therapy on The Skin and Its Application in Cosmetics
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Hong Seung-Phil
Jeong Se-Kyoo
Jin Eun-Mi
Seo Hee-Seok
Ryu Tae-Ui
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Abstract
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Worldwide, since hundreds of years ago, various types of thermal spring water/spa treatments for various diseases have been done as folk remedies. And a considerable number of people still have the belief that they are good for fatigue, musculoskeletal disorders and skin. However, with the development of modern medicine, various methods of treatment that have been proven scientifically have come out and so thermal spring water/spa treatments don’t gain popularity or belief as the past. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to investigate the possibility of developing the skin medicine in the hot spring spa.
Although a number of studies have suggested various efficacies of spa therapy on the skin physiology, recent results of the systemic review of the efficacy of balneotherapy by analyzing the Cochrane database suggest that no objective evidence has yet been found. This phenomenon is due to the fact that most of the spa therapy researches in the past are in vitro, and the clinical studies are not blinded randomized controlled studies. In addition, there are various aspects and treatments applied to each hot spring water, making it hard to compare. However, in the area of cosmetics, there is a room to utilize hot springs or spa to establish the product concepts that utilize the characteristics of each product beyond the actual efficacy, when referring to overseas famous products that show successful marketing utilizing the concept of hot spring water. Most importantly, we need to establish a basis for organizing efficacy through more in vitro and clinical studies and more data on hot spring components.
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KEYWORD
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Cosmetics, Skin barrier function, Spa therapy, Thermal spring water
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