The Effects of Topical Almond Oil and Tretinoin on Facial Wrinkles

Integrative Skin Science and Research

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Elastic Skin; Sebum Deficiency; Collagen Degeneration; Pigmentation; Wrinkle

Treatments: Other: Topical Product: 0.025% Tretinoin oil augmented with castor oil; Other: Topical Product: Almond Oil; Other: Topical Product: Almond oil augmented with 0.5% Vitamin E

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT06571721

IRI24_01_AlmondOil

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigate the topical use of almond oil, almond oil augmented with 0.5% vitamin E, 0.025% tretinoin oil augmented with castor oil on the appearance of facial fine lines and wrinkles, pigmentation, hydration, trans-epidermal water loss, and sebum excretion rate.

Full description

The natural cosmetic market is a multi-billion dollar industry. Nutraceuticals and food-based cosmetics are a growing trend within dermatology. Almonds are a rich dietary source of a range of fatty acids, phytochemical polyphenols, and antioxidants. Our previous study was a double blinded study that compared almond consumption interventions to a calorie matched intervention over 16 weeks. The study determined that that there was a statistically significant 8.41% improvement in wrinkle severity in the women that received almond supplementation. This proposal aims to now understand how the topical application of almond oil may influence the appearance of wrinkles and facial tone in post-menopausal women. Almond oil is rich in fatty acids and alpha-tocopherol. Tocopherol inhibits melanogenesis in melanocytes and topical alpha tocopherol has been shown to improve skin antioxidants and hyperpigmentation. A challenge of almond oil is that it is prone to oxidation due to its high unsaturated fatty acid concentrations. However, tocopherol has also been shown to improve almond oil stability.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Post-menopausal women of Fitzpatrick skin types 1, 2, and 3
• Individuals with facial fine lines and wrinkles

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals who are pregnant or breastfeeding
• Prisoners
• Adults unable to consent
• Those with a nut allergy or tocopherol allergy
• Current smokers, those that have smoked within the past year, and former smokers with greater than a 10-pack- year history of smoking
• Those with an autoimmune photosensitive condition or a known genetic condition with a deficiency in collagen production (such as Ehlers-Danlos syndromes)
• Those who have undergone any cosmetic procedures to the face in the 3 months prior to enrollment in the opinion of the investigator. People that have undergone deeper chemical peels (TCA based peels) within 1 year prior to enrollment
• Individuals who are unwilling to discontinue vitamin E containing supplements and food sources such as all nuts, sunflower seeds or sunflower oil during the washout and intervention
• Individual who are unwilling to discontinue topical cosmetic products during the duration of the study or unwilling to undergo a 2-week washout of topicals that are known to modulate collagen and pigment:
• Retinoids such as tretinoin, adapalene, retinol, except as provided by the study.
• Antioxidant ingredients such as vitamin C or vitamin E.
• Pigment reducing agents such as hydroquinone, azelaic acid, kojic acid, or a retinoid except for the retinol that is provided in this study.
• Topicals that contain a nut oil or nut extract as part of their ingredient list.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

Almond Oil

Experimental group

Description:

Almond Oil. 1-2 Drops of randomized topical product will be applied on entire face nightly. Duration: 16 weeks

Treatment:

Other: Topical Product: Almond Oil

Almond oil augmented with 0.5% Vitamin E

Experimental group

Description:

Almond oil augmented with 0.5% Vitamin E. 1-2 Drops of randomized topical product will be applied on entire face nightly. Duration: 16 weeks

Treatment:

Other: Topical Product: Almond oil augmented with 0.5% Vitamin E

0.025% Tretinoin oil augmented with castor oil

Experimental group

Description:

0.025% Tretinoin oil augmented with castor oil. 1-2 Drops of randomized topical product will be applied on entire face nightly. Duration: 16 weeks

Treatment:

Other: Topical Product: 0.025% Tretinoin oil augmented with castor oil