Effects of Isoflavone Extracts on the Skin Improvement During the Seaweeds Peeling Massage

Abstract

This study was aimed to investigate the effects of isoflavone extracts on the skin improvement during the seaweeds peeling massage. Local anesthetic cream was applied to the control group (left face) with 20 persons and the seaweeds peeling massage was performed after 30 minutes for five minutes. After completion of the massage in the control group, 0.5 mL of isoflavone extract was applied to the test group (right face), and the seaweeds peeling massage was performed after five minutes for five minutes. After 28 days of skin recovery period, the degree of skin recovery was compared in both groups. With respect to the measurement results of skin conditions to compare the effects of seaweeds peeling, the levels of hair follicles (p<0.01), wrinkles (p<0.05), pigmentation (p<0.05), sebum (p<0.05), and porphyrin (p<0.05) in the test group applied with isoflavone extract were lower than those in the control group applied with local anesthetic cream, while pigment under the eyes and skin tone were not different. The results of this study showed that isoflavone extract as a pretreatment was more effective to improve the conditions of hair follicles, wrinkles, pigmentation, sebum, and porphyrin than local anesthetic cream during the seaweeds peeling massage. Therefore, isoflavone extract can be considered to enhance the effects of seaweeds peeling massage.