Comparative Efficacy of Vinegar Before and After using Permethrin Shampoo for Removal Head Lice in the Elementary School Students

Shampoo is generally considered to be a non-toxic or mildly toxic cleaning agent which is intended for external use only to clean the hair and treat certain diseases. We report a case of shock and fetal death due to oral intake of shampoo. A 21-year-old woman (at 27 weeks of pregnancy, weighing 55 kg) visited our emergency department due to repeated vomiting, diarrhea, and ceased fetal movement...

Purpose. Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) can lead to abnormalities in the composition and function of tear film, resulting in dry eye. Eyelid hygiene is a key to management of MGD. We tested a novel eyelid shampoo (Eye Shampoo Long, ESL) for its ability to maintain lid hygiene. This shampoo is nonirritating and can potentially lengthen eyelashes. This study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy ...

Abstract Basic Brown 16 pigment and three types of surfactants were used to prepare the cationic, nonionic, anionic basic hair dyes. White bleached dyed using dyes shampooed 10 times acidic, neutral, alkaline shampoos prepared in study. with dye resulted a lower L *, b * values K/S compared cationic nonionic results statistically significant at α = 0.05. Hair showed significantly higher Δ E ab ...

As part of research exploring the feasibility of using antibody fragments to inhibit the growth of organisms implicated in dandruff, we isolated antibody fragments that bind to a cell surface protein of Malassezia furfur in the presence of shampoo. We found that phage display of llama single-domain antibody fragments (VHHs) can be extended to very harsh conditions, such as the presence of shamp...

Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus Stapf) has been used in cooking and in many traditional medicines; the essential oil contains citral as a major constituent. This study evaluated the antifungal activity of lemongrass oil against Malassezia furfur, an opportunistic yeast associated with dandruff, by using a broth dilution assay. From the minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) obtained, the oil wa...

Tinea capitis is unusual and often misdiagnosed in healthy adults. We report a case of a healthy woman with a several-year history of asymptomatic, bizarre-shaped, non-scarring alopecia. She had used over-the-counter ketoconazole shampoo regularly for a long time. An initial potassium hydroxide preparation showed negative result for fungal organism. The scalp biopsy revealed endothrix infection...