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Therefore, we investigated the characteristics of changes in sensitive skin caused by wearing a mask.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Twenty healthy Korean women with sensitive skin participated in this study. To determine any skin\u2010related changes caused by mask\u2010wearing, we evaluated redness, hydration, transepidermal water loss (TEWL), and moisture at 2.5\u00a0mm below the surface before and 4\u00a0h after wearing a Korea Filter 94 mask. In addition, we tested whether applying a moisturizer for 30\u00a0min after mask removal could reverse any mask\u2010induced changes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Skin redness and TEWL were significantly increased at 4\u00a0h after wearing a mask (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05), otherwise skin hydration and the 2.5 mm moisture were significantly decreased (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05). After applying the moisturizer, skin redness and TEWL were significantly decreased compared to their values 4\u00a0h after wearing masks (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05), whereas skin hydration and the 2.5 mm moisture were significantly increased (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05). Moreover, after applying the moisturizer, skin redness and TEWL were significantly reduced compared to the pre\u2010masking baseline (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05), whereas skin hydration was significantly increased (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05); the 2.5 mm moisture showed no significant change.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>We observed that wearing masks causes physiological changes in sensitive skin, whereas applying a moisturizer after removing the mask improved skin conditions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/srt.13173","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,31]],"date-time":"2022-05-31T17:39:19Z","timestamp":1654018759000},"page":"714-718","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["The effects of wearing a face mask and of subsequent moisturizer use on the characteristics of sensitive skin"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"28","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7050-1466","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mi Ae","family":"Yoo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Skin Clinical Trials Center OATC Inc.  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