Korean J Dermatol.  2003 May;41(5):569-577.

Comparision of Results of Several Lactic Acid Sting Tests on Sensitive Skin

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  • 1Department of Dermatology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. kimdw@knu.ac.kr

Abstract

BACKGROUND
There is no clear dermatologic definition to describe sensitive skin which usually includes subjective and psychological meanings. Some individuals exhibit exaggerated response, especially on the face, ranging from itching to intense adverse reaction like erythema, wheal, and eczema in comparison to normal ones when exposed to external irritants, allergens, environmental changes or internal stimulants. OBJECTIVE: To diagnose sensitive skin, lactic acid sting test is well known to represent a person who has subjective symptoms like itching, burning, prickling and stinging. We tried to compare several lactic acid sting tests to search for sensitive skin conveniently and rationally. METHODS: A total of 50 panelists (25 people of sensitive group and 25 people of control group, respectively) were selected by the method of self-assessment questionnaires related to sensitive skin. The panelists were tested on face, by conditioning 3 variances (5% or 10% Lactic acid, Hydration, Hilltop chamber), in 2 week intervals, 8 times totally. RESULTS: When lactic acid sting tests were performed using Hilltop chamber, there were more positive responders in sensitive group(p<0.05). There was statistically a significant difference between the 2 groups in the comparison of mean values of lactic acid sting scores (p<0.05). Sensitive group showed higher sting scores and exhibited much more difference with time (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Our experiment showed that occlusive technique using Hilltop chamber was an inspiring and useful method of several lactic acid sting tests to find out sensitive skin.

Keyword

Sensitive skin; Lactic acid sting test; Hilltop chamber

MeSH Terms

Allergens
Bites and Stings*
Burns
Eczema
Erythema
Humans
Irritants
Lactic Acid*
Pruritus
Self-Assessment
Skin*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Allergens
Irritants
Lactic Acid
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