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Pharm D Clinical Pharmacy program 2024-2025 Level 2, Semester 2 Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms II (PT 405)

Cleansing Cream

• They are intended to remove make-up, soils and skin debris without excessive
skin degreasing.

• Water removes water-soluble or dispersible soil quite efficiently, but the
addition of a detergent is necessary for the removal of oil-soluble and
dispersible materials.
o Oily substances of the cream may also remove these materials.

• All experiments suggest that the effectiveness of cleansing creams depend
upon the solvent effect of the oil phase, simply because make-up powders and
soils are oil dispersible materials.

• The skin cleansing products may be :

A) Liquified Creams B) Emulsion w/o

- These are simple mixtures of - The incorporation of water in
oils and waxes. these cleansing products result
in a somewhat smoother
- Creams without water must consistency and increasing the
liquefy under pressure on effectiveness of remaining
application to the skin. water-soluble and dispersible
solids.

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