Patent ID: 7265257

Claim:
An absorbent article comprising an absorbent body, a bodyside liner, a bodily exudate modifying agent, and a skin care formulation, the bodily exudate modifying agent being capable of reducing the viscosity of bodily exudates upon contact therewith, and the skin care formulation comprising from about 1.5% (by weight of the formulation) to about 2.25% (by weight of the formulation) of a film forming agent selected from the group consisting of styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymers, styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymers, styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene block copolymers, styrene-ethylene-propylene block copolymers, styrene-butadiene, styrene-isoprene branched copolymers, ethylene-propylene branched copolymers, polyamides and block copolymers of styrene-polyamides, polyethylene/polyamide polymers, formaldehyde resins, formaldehyde polymers, polyisobutene polymers, and combinations thereof and having a protection index value of at least about 23 when exposed to the skin for 2 hours, and wherein the bodily exudate modifying agent is an enzyme.