Sensitive Skin Syndrome

✍ Scribed by Andersen, Rosa Marie; Honari, Golara; Maibach, Howard I

• Publisher: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 233
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Sensitive skin is a widely reported condition where there is subjective cutaneous hyper-reactivity to environmental factors. Progress has been made in many aspects of the background science that will help clinicians in their management of patients presenting with the condition. This new text sums up the advances in thinking on pathophysiology, classification, methods of investigation, and the different susceptibilities of different types of skin

✦ Table of Contents

Content: What is sensitive skin? / Renee J.H. Richters, Natallia E. Uzunbajakava, Piet E.J. van Erp, and Peter C.M. van de Kerkhof --
Sensitive skin : a review of prevalence worldwide / Charles Taieb and Laurent Misery --
Skin structure and function / Golara Honari --
The somatosensory system / Francis McGlone and David Reilly --
Stratum corneum and sensitive skin / Enzo Berardesca --
Altered somatosensory pathways / Eun Ju Kim, Dong Hun Lee, and Jin Ho Chung --
Itch and sensitive skin / Martin Schmelz --
Challenges of investigation / Lidia Maroñas-Jimenez, Elena González-Guerra, and Aurora Guerra-Tapia --
Self-assessment of sensitive skin / Charles Taieb and Laurent Misery --
Confocal raman micro-spectroscopy : a new paradigm in the diagnosis of sensitive skin? / Denise Falcone, Natallia E. Uzunbajakava, Piet E.J. van Erp, and Peter C.M. van de Kerkhof --
Regarding the quantification of the human skin barrier in sensitive skin syndrome / Luís Monteiro Rodrigues, Henrique Silva, and Catarina Rosado --
Irritant reactivity tests / David A. Basketter --
Neurosensory assessment / Roland Jourdain --
Sensitive skin : there is a link with ethnicity? / Laurent Misery and Charles Taieb --
Gender and age influence on sensitive skin / Rosa Marie Andersen --
Sensitive skin : do we observe an impact on quality of life? / Laurent Misery and Charles Taieb --
Perceived sensitive skin at different anatomic sites / Miranda A. Farage --
Sensitive skin and non-eczematous dermatoses / Ian McDonald, Helen Rea, and Martin Steinhoff --
Sensitive skin and eczematous dermatoses / Arun C Inamadar and Aparna Palit --
Influence of air pollution on skin / Sparsha Saxena and Golara Honari --
Sensitive skin, skin care products and cosmetics / Enzo Berardesca --
Fabrics and sensitive skin / Gerald E. Pierard and Howard I. Maibach --
Dermatotoxicology and sensitive skin syndrome / Golara Honari and Howard I. Maibach --
Formulations for sensitive skin / Golara Honari and Howard I. Maibach --
Treatments for sensitive skin / Martina Kerscher and Heike Buntrock.

✦ Subjects

Dermatitis, Contact;diagnosis;Dermatitis, Contact;therapy;Skin Care;methods