Zinc oxide is a mineral, produced by oxidation of zinc. Due to its low natural availability, zinc oxide is produced industrially. Furthermore, a wide use in the industrial fields, such as semiconductors, textiles and foodstuffs, zinc oxide are used in several medical products, most ointments and treatments intended for topical application. Due to its physical properties, which ensure a good coating of the stratum corneum, without intracellular invasion, zinc oxide is used in ointment protection against skin rashes.
Zinc also has healing and soothing properties that make it a common ingredient in soothing lotions, soothing and antiseptic. One of the most common applications of zinc oxide is as a natural sunscreen lotion component due to its full spectrum of blocking properties, ZnO is currently the most effective substance in the protection against UVA and UVB radiation. Finally, since the zinc is the second most common metal in the human body after the iron, so a part of every structure, including the stratum corneum, there are many topical solutions against skin conditions such as acne, dandruff, rash, dermatitis.
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