7. Formulations

There are a great many cosmetics ranges claiming to have skin-repair properties. They are mainly centered around an emulsion (lotion, serum, etc.), usually a cream, containing one or more repairing active ingredients of natural or synthetic origin. The range is then completed with other products, such as a superfatted cleansing gel, a spray to dry oozing irritations, a repairing lip stick, etc.

The ancestor of these products is certainly Dalibour water, used as an antiseptic but also to promote wound healing from the 18th century onwards. Its initial formula, composed of copper and zinc sulfates, camphor, saffron and distilled water, subsequently evolved into more practical formulations such as Dalibour paste and cream, examples of which are shown in table 8