Patterns of aluminum hydroxychloride deposition onto the skin.

Background: Aluminum hydroxychloride (AlCl(3) ) is an antiperspirant.

Aim: To revisit the AlCl(3) deposition in vivo and in vitro on glass slides and stratum corneum (SC) harvested by cyanoacrylate skin surface strippings (CSSS).

Methods: Transepidermal water loss (TEWL) was assessed following application of 5% AlCl(3) on the forearms.

Facing up to the imperceptible perspiration. Modulatory influences by diabetic neuropathy, physical exercise and antiperspirant.

Background: Sweating is variably altered by physical exercise, diabetic neuropathy and antiperspirants.

Methods: Skin temperature, skin surface water loss (SSWL), the Corneometer(®) average capacitance (CMAC) and skin capacitance mapping (SCM) were measured before and after moderate physical exercise in 20 healthy subjects. The effect of 5% aluminium chloride hexahydrate (ACH) in a water solution was similarly tested.

The skin landscape following nonoptical capacitance imaging.

Skin capacitance is an electrical property measurable at the level of the stratum corneum. Values are related to the moisture content of the tissue. Using the silicon image sensor technology, it has recently become possible to measure capacitance at 50 microm intervals on the skin surface.

Weathering of the hairless scalp: a study using skin capacitance imaging and ultraviolet light-enhanced visualization.

The balding scalp is particularly exposed to sunlight, hence, the overall ageing process modulated by ultraviolet and near-infrared light may be increased at this location. The induced changes are better revealed under ultraviolet light examination. Any alteration in the epidermal maturation is potentially reflected by stratum corneum changes observed as disturbances on skin-capacitance imaging.

Electrometric assessment of the effect of a zinc oxide paste in diaper dermatitis.

Diaper dermatitis affects nearly 50% of infants as well as some bed-ridden adults particularly in the elderly people. This condition is induced by irritation and maceration, and may be further exacerbated by Candida sp. colonization and infection.