The Study on the Effect of Six Soaps on Cutaneous Irritation Measured by Noninvasive Technique.
- Author:
Seung Ho CHANG
1
;
Tai Wan LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Soap irritancy;
Visual scoring;
Corneometer;
Evaporimeter
- MeSH:
Laser-Doppler Flowmetry;
Patch Tests;
Skin;
Soaps*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1996;34(1):116-121
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Soaps are the most widely used body cleanser and sometimes cause irritation of the skin. OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to compare the skin irritancy of 6 soaps using noninvasive techniques. METHODS: The skin responses to patch test with 6 soaps were measured by visual scoring, evaporimeter and corneometer. RESULTS: The results are summarized as follows. 1. F soap was shown to cause the least irritancy measured by visual scoring and corneometer. But using evaporimeter, there were no differences in irritancy between the 6 soaps. 2. Through correlation analysis, we found that the evaluation of the evaporimeter was closely related to visual measurement. CONCLUSION: Soap irritancy can be measured by noninvasive techniques, such as the evaporimeter, corneometer, laser doppler flowmetry and visual scoring. Further study of evaluation after short and repeat contacts with soap are needed.
