To provide an absorbent article having high skin protectivity against excretion and an irritant substance occurring therefrom without obstructing the absorbing capacity of a diaper.

In the absorbent article having an absorbing layer 4 and a rear surface layer 3, a medicine for forming a protective film on the skin, a medicine for reinforcing the skin or a medicine for reducing the friction of the skin and the absorbent article is held on the predetermined region of the absorbent article in an amount or state sufficiently developing skin protectivity against excretion and the absorbing capacity of the absorbent article.