Comparison of transepidermal water loss rates in subjects with skin patch test positive vs negative to skin care products.

Background: Adverse cutaneous reactions to skin care products (SCP) are becoming increasingly common and may be indicative of defective permeability barrier function.

Aim: To determine the differences in transepidermal water loss rates (TEWL) between skin patch positive vs negative to skin care products in normal Chinese females.

Methods: Skin patch test reactions to nine skin care products were assessed in 65 normal Chinese females.

Adverse cutaneous reactions to skin care products on the face vary with age, but not with sex.

Background: Adverse skin reactions to skin care products have been increasing in recent years. However, to date, these reactions have not been well characterized.

Objective: To describe the symptoms, clinical signs and frequency of adverse cutaneous reactions to skin care products on the face in males vs females of various ages.

catena-Poly[[[2-(1,3-thia-zol-4-yl)-1H-benzimidazole]-manganese(II)]-μ-oxalato].

In the title compound, [Mn(C2O4)(C10H7N3S)] n , the Mn(II) cation is chelated by one 2-(1,3-thia-zol-4-yl)-1H-benzimidazole ligand and two oxalate anions in a distorted N2O4 octa-hedral geometry. Two independent oxalate anions are located on individual inversion centers and bridge the Mn(II) cations into a polymeric chain running along [101]. The thia-zole ring is approximately coplanar with the benzimidazole ring system [dihedral angle = 4.