A Symposium on Skin Cleansing

Cleansing Formulations That Respect Skin Barrier Integrity

Surfactants in skin cleansers interact with the skin in several manners. In addition to the desired benefit of providing skin hygiene, surfactants also extract skin components during cleansing and remain in the stratum corneum (SC) after rinsing. These side effects disrupt SC structure and degrade its barrier properties. Recent applications of vibrational spectroscopy and two-photon microscopy ...

Principles of skin cleansing in continence management.

Cleansing without compromise: the impact of cleansers on the skin barrier and the technology of mild cleansing.

Cleanser technology has come a long way from merely cleansing to providing mildness and moisturizing benefits as well. It is known that harsh surfactants in cleansers can cause damage to skin proteins and lipids, leading to after-wash tightness, dryness, barrier damage, irritation, and even itch. In order for cleansers to provide skin-care benefits, they first must minimize surfactant damage to...

Skin cleansing and infection control in peripheral venepuncture and cannulation.

Research into the importance of skin cleansing before venepuncture is inconclusive. This article suggests that erring on the side of caution is the best way forward until more firm evidence is found.

Introduction to the symposium on Ambulatory Skin Conductance

Ambulatory skin conductance as we see it now emerging on the market with products like the Affectiva Qsensor and the Basis B1, was promoted already in 1997 by Picard and Healey [1]. Also prototype devices such as the Empatica E3, the Smartband, and the Philips DTI-2 ([3] and figure 1) typically measure skin conductance at the base of the wrist, since this is a convenient measurement position. H...