This study is being conducted to confirm whether skin tape stripping methodology can identify changes in gene expression (i.e. whether different genes are turned on to make proteins) in aged skin after use of a retinoid.
This is a randomized study. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention cell and receive a cleanser, a sunscreen serum, and a night cream or the control cell and receive a cleanser and a sunscreen serum to use at home for 10 weeks. Participants will be randomized and receive products at Visit 1 (Screening/Baseline) conducted at Day 0 and return to the clinical site at Day 28 for Visit 2, and at Day 71 for Visit 3.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
66
Participants will use the provided products only on their face and right upper inner arm. The auxiliary cleanser will be used twice per day (morning and evening). The auxiliary sunscreen will be used 15 minutes prior to sun exposure and reapplied after 80 minutes of sweating or swimming. The investigational night cream will be used daily in the evening/at night.
Participants will use the provided products only on their face and right upper inner arm. The auxiliary cleanser will be used twice per day (morning and evening). The auxiliary sunscreen will be used 15 minutes prior to sun exposure and reapplied after 80 minutes of sweating or swimming. No night cream will be used.
Dermatology Consulting Services, PLLC
High Point, North Carolina, United States
Skin tape stripping.
The investigator will collect skin samples from subjects through a non-invasive method - tape stripping. The tape strips will be analyzed by extracting DNA collected from the epidermal skin cells then use targeted sequencing using 4M CpG sites to further analyze if certain genes (assessment of UV damage, smoking, and biological age ) are turned on or off from retinol use. Baseline samples will be compared to Day 71 samples.
Time frame: Baseline (Day 0), Visit 3 (Day 71)
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