Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a multifactorial long-standing inflammatory skin disease with a high incidence worldwide in both adults and children.
According to the recognized correlation between skin and intestine–the so-called “gut–skin axis”–gut unbalances can affect skin by inducing systemic inflammation and triggering dermatological diseases such as AD.
The objectives of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of a food supplement containing selected strains of probiotics in ameliorating AD symptoms and skin conditions in adult volunteers.
Among our volunteers they selected 80 adult subjects showing mild-to-severe AD, skin dryness, desquamation, erythema and itching.
These people were enrolled in a randomized controlled trial to receive, for 56 days, a placebo or a mixture of lactobacilli (L. plantarum PBS067, L. reuteri PBS072 and L. rhamnosus LRH020).
Subjects receiving the probiotic mixture showed an improvement in skin smoothness, skin moisturization, self-perception, and a decrease in SCORAD index as well as in the levels of inflammatory markers associated with AD.
So they could conclude that the administration of selected probiotic strains resulted in a fast and sustained improvement in AD-related symptoms and skin conditions.
Link to the complete published article in the European Journal of Dermatology HERE
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