<；P>；PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cosmetic not only preventing and ameliorating aging, pigmentation or bad health of the skin by protecting the skin from oxidation damage caused by external factors such as ultraviolet rays and air pollutants, but being effective to aging of the skin based on inner factors such as reduction of cell activity caused by aging and others, hardly causing irritation of the skin and excellent in biosafety, which is prepared by formulating useful components used as raw materials formulated in the cosmetic material, and being capable of maintaining and ameliorating the skin in a young and healthy state owing to the synergistic and composite action of the components. <；P>；SOLUTION: The cosmetic comprises a fermented product obtained by fermenting a plant of the genus Panax of Araliaceae and/or an essence thereof with bacteria such as lactic acid bacteria. <；P>；COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
