Background:
@EN It is important to avoid the direct contact with water or detergents as possible for the treatment and prevention of hand eczema.
@ES Objective:
@EN The purpose of this study is to evaluate the protective effect of skin protector, Marly skin(r) on housevife's eczema.
@ES Methods:
@EN The patients with hand eczema apply skin protector, Marly skin(r), four times a day on their both hands. They are evaluated with the scores of subjective symptoms(itch, dryness, smarting) and objective signs(erythema, scaling, fissures), and
skin
replica which are taken from the specified site are analysed by using an image analyser and scanning electron microscope.
@ES Results:
@EN 4 weeks after application of skin protector, there are statistically significant decrease of total clinical symptom scores. Scanning electron microscopic findings of the skin replicas show marked changes between the beginning and the end of
the
study. On quantitative image analysis of the skin replicas, the length of skin protector, but these are not statistically significant.
@ES Conclusion:
@EN Skin protector, Marly skin(r), has a protective effect on the development of hand eczema. (Kor J Dermatol 1994 ; 32(4) : 675~681)
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