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541 SHORT COMMUNICATION A Compensating Skin Care Complex Containing Pro-xylane in Menopausal Women: Results from a Multicentre, Evaluator-blinded, Randomized Study Anne BOULOC 1 , Elia ROO 2 , Alain MOGA 3 , Bernard CHADOUTAUD 4 and Christos C. ZOUBOULIS 5 1 Vichy Laboratoires, 110 avenue Henri Barbusse, FR-92602 Asnières sur Seine, France, 2 Department of Dermatology Hospital Sur, Madrid, Spain 3 Synelvia SAS, Labège, 4 Clinreal Online, Toulouse, France, 5 Departments of Dermatology, Venerology Allergology and Immunology, Dessau Medical Center, Dessau, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] Accepted Nov 10, 2016; Epub ahead of print Nov 14, 2016 In addition to the natural process of skin aging, the skin of women is significantly impacted during and after menopause (1–3). In post-menopausal women, the effect of oestrogen deprivation results in decreased collagen synthesis leading