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With rising concerns about sensitive skin and skin barrier issues in recent years, the use and claims of complex lipids such as ceramides and phytosphingosine are becoming more widely used in skin care products.

Among New Launches in Mintel Global New Products Database (GNPD), about eight in ten products containing phytosphingosine with moisturizing/hydrating claims.

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