PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a skin external preparation for softening the skin, suppressing transpiration of the skin moisture, having an excellent skin softening property, and excellent in sustainability of oil films, unsticky property and temporal stability.SOLUTION: The skin external preparation for softening the skin includes the following ingredients (A) to (C): (A) a dextrin fatty acid ester which is an esterification product of dextrin and a fatty acid, wherein the average polymerization degree of the glucose of the dextrin is 3-150, the fatty acid includes >50 mol% and ≤100 mol% of one or more of 4-26C branched saturated fatty acids based on the whole amount of fatty acids, and ≥0 mol% and <50 mol% of one or more selected from the group consisting of a 2-22C linear saturated fatty acid, a 6-30C linear or branched unsaturated fatty acid and a 6-30C cyclic saturated or unsaturated fatty acid based on the whole amount of fatty acids and the substitution degree of the fatty acid is 1.0-3.0 per glucose unit, (B) a solid oil having ≥35°C melting point, and (C) a higher alcohol, a liquid at 25°C.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】皮膚の水分蒸散を抑制し、皮膚柔軟性に優れ、さらに油膜の持続性、べたつきの無さ、経時安定性に優れる皮膚柔軟化用皮膚外用剤を提供すること。【解決手段】次の成分(A)~(C);(A)デキストリンと脂肪酸とのエステル化物であって、デキストリンのグルコースの平均重合度が3~150であり、脂肪酸が炭素数4~26の分岐飽和脂肪酸の1種又は2種以上を全脂肪酸に対して50mol%より多く100mol%以下、及び、炭素数2~22の直鎖飽和脂肪酸、炭素数6~30の直鎖又は分岐の不飽和脂肪酸及び炭素数6~30の環状の飽和又は不飽和脂肪酸よりなる群から選ばれる1種又は2種以上を全脂肪酸に対して0mol%以上50mol%未満を含有し、グルコース単位当たりの脂肪酸の置換度が1.0~3.0であるデキストリン脂肪酸エステル(B)融点35℃以上の固形油(C)25℃において液状の高級アルコールを含有することを特徴とする皮膚柔軟化用皮膚外用剤。【選択図】なし
