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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a zinc salt of hydroxycarboxylic acid having almost no odor peculiar to hydroxycarboxylic acid and having a high sebum secretion inhibiting effect, and an external preparation for skin using the same. SOLUTION: The zinc hydroxycarboxylate represented by the general formula (1). Embedded image (L and m are l = 0 to 2, m = 5 to 11, l + m = 7 To 11), and an external preparation for skin containing the same. |