Deodorants Flashcards
- Regulated by sympathetic nervous system
- Body temperature regulator
- Remove waste and toxic by-products from the body
- Odorless, but bacterial and heat decomposition yields
volatile by-products with unpleasant odor
Sweat
the 2 types of sweat glands are present at birth (t or f)
T
- Simple, coiled tubular glands with duct that leads directly onto skin surface
- Where antiperspirants take action
- exist and function from birth
- found all over the body
- Controls body temperature and electrolyte balance
eccrine sweat glands
- under psychological and thermal control
- Secretion contains water, salts, amino acids, peptides,
and electrolytic components (should be no odor at all) - Considered as true sweat gland
eccrine sweat glands
- Limited to axilla, anus, and breast
- Larger than eccrine glands
- Ducts open into hair follicle duct
- Exist at birth, but become functional at puberty
- Triggered by emotions
- Secretion is odorless and viscous
apocrine sweat glands
- Topically-applied products designed to reduce or mask
unpleasant body odors by re-odorization and/or antibacterial action
deodorants
deodorants cannot be used as anti-perspirants (t or f)
T
- Topically-applied products designed to reduce underarm
wetness by limiting body transpiration
ANTIPERSPIRANTS
Antiperspirants inhibit perspiration secreted by _________ usually by forming a temporary plug within the sweat
duct
eccrine glands
- Excessive sweating
- Profusion of sweat in the axillary sites palms, feet, face,
trunk, or combination of these - Excessive sweat lead to unpleasant body odor that can
adversely affect the person’s ability to attain a normal
and healthy quality of life (QoL) - May require non-cosmetic antiperspirants
hyperhidrosis
REQUIRED PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
- Neutral or pleasant odor
- Easy to spread
- Pleasant feeling during application
- Well-tolerated and non-allergenic
- Long-term deodorization
- Quick-drying properties
- Non-staining properties
- ODOR MASKING
- ODOR NEUTRALIZING
- ODOR QUENCHING
- ODOR ABSORBING/ADSORBING
- ESTERASE INHIBITORS
- ANTIMICROBIAL INGREDIENTS
- ANTIPERSPIRANTS
Mechanisms of Action
- Most common mechanism
- Ingredients reduce the perception of odor through
blending with underarm, odor, and masking it - Example: Fragrances
ODOR MASKING
- Agents chemically neutralize odors compounds to yield
odorless components - There is chemical reaction involved
> Reaction between the neutralizing agent and
odorous compound
> Yield odorless component
ODOR NEUTRALIZING
ODOR NEUTRALIZING examples
- Sodium bicarbonate
- Potassium bicarbonate
- Zinc carbonate
- Ingredients bind to odorous chemicals and form complexes with these materials
- EDTA is the most powerful chelating agent
- chelation or sequestering
ODOR QUENCHING
ODOR QUENCHING examples
- Zinc ricinoleate
- Zinc oxide
- Hydroxyapatite
- Ingredients physically neutralize odorous molecules
formed in the axilla via absorption or adsorption to
decrease perceived odors
> Bad odors are volatile
> Physical neutralization thru abs/adsorption: Less volatility → Less perception of BO
ODOR ABSORBING/ADSORBING
ODOR ABSORBING/ADSORBING
examples
- Resins
- Silicates
- Act by directly inhibiting enzymes of the underarm
bacteria, or by shifting the pH optimal for the development of underarm odor (pH 6) to acidic range, which results in odor reduction
ESTERASE INHIBITORS
ESTERASE INHIBITORS examples
- Zinc glycinate: Inhibits enzymes of bacteria
- Citric acid derivatives: Lowers pH
- Prevent underarm odor by inhibiting or deactivating the
bacteria responsible for bad odor formation
> Can help in deodorization
ANTIMICROBIAL INGREDIENTS
ANTIMICROBIAL INGREDIENTS
- Ethanol
- Triclosan
- Sucrose monostearate
- Essential oils like thyme and clove oil
- Reversibly block sweat gland secretion by forming a
temporary, gelatinous plug in the eccrine duct - Action is not permanent; we have to continuously apply
ANTIPERSPIRANTS
- Aluminum chloride
- Aluminum chlorohydrate
- Aluminum sesquichlorohydrate
- Aluminum sulfate
ANTIPERSPIRANTS: Aluminum-based agents
- Buffered with glycine to stabilize them and mitigate acidic harshness resulting when applied to underarm axilla
- Common agent that is used for antiperspirant: Tawas (aluminum-sulfate salts)
ANTIPERSPIRANTS: Aluminum-zirconium based agents
Types of DEODORANTS & ANTIPERSPIRANTS
- roll ons
- solid sticks
- extrudable clear gels
- extrudable soft solids
- aerosols
types of roll-ons
- Water-based
- Hydroalcoholic
- Silicone-based
- Usually opaque O/W emulsions
> cannot be water only because the active ingredient is not really water soluble - Based on non-ionic surfactants
- Advantage: Less irritating than hydroalcoholic
> can be used for sensitive skin - Disadvantage: Dries slower than hydroalcoholic
Water-based roll-ons
- Have a shorter drying time
- Offers a refreshing feeling on application
- Contains only alcohol-soluble actives, usually thickened with hydrophilic polymer
- Emollients and silicones can be incorporated with product emulsifiers
> Emollients and silicones - moisture
> Add emulsifiers because these two are not completely miscible with alcohol
Hydroalcoholic roll-ons
- Can be formulated as anhydrous products
> Actives are suspended in volatile silicone oils like cyclomethicone - May be thickened with non-surfactant suspending agents like quaternium-18 to minimize powder sedimentation
> Cannot be a water-based thickening agent like polymers
> Aluminum is thick, needs dispersion in a suspension
Silicone-based roll-ons
types of solid sticks
- deodorant sticks
- antiperspirant sticks
- Based on sodium stearate as gelling agent
- Deodorizing agents and fragrances are dissolved in hydrophilic vehicle based on water and propylene glycol
- To make the formulation more transparent: Nonionic surfactants
Deodorant sticks