CE (CORNIFIED ENVELOPE)-FORMING/MATURING AGENT, PARAKERATOSIS INHIBITOR, SKIN BARRIER FUNCTION RECOVERY-ACCELERATING AGENT AND SKIN CARE COMPOSITION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine for improving troubles such as parakeratosis of the skin and/or depletion of corneous layer barrier function, etc., and a skin care composition. SOLUTION: This skin care composition contains an imidazole derivative expressed by general formulae (1a) or (1b) [wherein, R1is H or methyl; R2is H or a lower alkyl; and R3is H, a lower alkyl or an acyl] and/or its salt by 0.01-5 mass% amount based on the total of the composition. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT