[Treatment of dry skin by the use of a "physiologic" bath oil].

The results obtained by using a bath oil (Idrovel bath) for treating skin dryness, both primary and associated with pathological conditions, are reported. Twenty patients out of 40 considered for treatment were undergoing photochemotherapy. The patients were evaluated both subjectively and, in order to obtain an objective measuring of skin hydratation, by instrumental capacitance method. The results were very encouraging, characterized by a statistically significant increase of capacitance data after treatment. These results seem to be due to the bath oil formulation, i.e. vegetal polyunsaturated oil mixture with little liquid paraffin content. In conclusion, this formulation is very similar to normal epidermal lipids composition, and seems to represent a good compromise between the occlusive and integrative effects of topical emulsions.