The present invention provides an outer-surface sheet for an absorbent article. The outer-surface sheet for an absorbent article uses a non-woven fabric that comprises short fibers, and fuzzing of the short fibers is suppressed, even without smoothing an outer surface using a calender roll or the like. An outer-surface sheet (2) according to the present invention includes a non-woven fabric that is formed from short fibers, and includes a hydrophobic gel composition that can remain a gel at 38 DEG C. A skin-surface-side surface of the outer-surface sheet has a coated region (6) that is coated with the gel composition, and has an un-coated region (7) that is not coated with the gel composition. In the coated region (6), the gel composition at least partially fills voids that are formed between the short fibers of the non-woven fabric and is exposed at the skin-surface-side surface of the outer-surface sheet (2).本發明係一種使用由短纖維構成的不織布之吸收性物品用之表面層片,係提供一種即使不利用砑光輥等進行表面平滑化,亦可抑制因短纖維造成的毛絨狀之吸收性物品用之表面層片。本發明之表面層片(2)係含有利用短纖維形成的不織布,與於38℃時可維持凝膠狀態的疏水性凝膠狀組成物,且,於該表面層片之肌膚面側的面上,具有經塗佈前述凝膠狀組成物之塗佈區域(6),與未經塗佈前述凝膠狀組成物之非塗佈區域(7),前述塗佈區域(6),係將前述凝膠狀組成物至少部份地填充於前述不織布的短纖維間所形成之空隙部,並露出於前述表面層片(2)之肌膚面側之面上。
