Abstract: Articles for treating the skin having high plasticity and low ware rate are described. Articles herein described are proper for treating the skin by rubbing them onto the skin, for example, in the form of a soap bar presenting increased plasticity and low rate of wear. The preferred embodiment is an article that has one or multiple projections arising from at least one surface of a first body are described. The first body and the projections are a thermoplastic mass that includes a surfactant suitable for cleansing skin and a plasticizing agent. The articles are especially suited for projection bars used to be applied onto the skin for either cleansing or massaging or both at the same time. Robust and economical projection bars are described that can be efficiently manufactured by the careful selection of the plasticity, wear rate and rheological properties of the masses of the first body and projections.

Abstract: Articles for treating the skin having high plasticity and low ware rate are described. Articles herein described are proper for treating the skin by rubbing them onto the skin, for example, in the form of a soap bar presenting increased plasticity and low rate of wear. The preferred embodiment is an article that has one or multiple projections arising from at least one surface of a first body are described. The first body and the projections are a thermoplastic mass that includes a surfactant suitable for cleansing skin and a plasticizing agent. The articles are especially suited for projection bars used to be applied onto the skin for either cleansing or massaging or both at the same time. Robust and economical projection bars are described that can be efficiently manufactured by the careful selection of the plasticity, wear rate and rheological properties of the masses of the first body and projections.