Atopic skin: essential ingredients of medical cosmetics
Peculiarities of the use of cosmetics in AD
The general rules of dermatocosmetic care provide for the use of special cosmetics for atopic skin both in the period of exacerbation and remission. There are quite strict requirements for medical cosmetics for atopic skin. It should be sterile, free from allergens, cytotoxic substances, fragrances, dyes, preservatives.
The term "atopic dermatitis" was introduced instead of a large group of diseases manifested by allergic skin rashes. Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an allergic skin disease with a hereditary predisposition, one of the most common pathologies, accompanied by itching and characterized by a chronic relapsing course. And among the methods of combating it, a special place belongs to medical cosmetics.
AD is a polyetiological disease with a hereditary predisposition, and it is not the disease as such that is inherited, but a set of genetic factors that contribute to the formation of allergic pathology. At the basis of atopy is the hypersensitivity of the delayed type, associated with the hereditarily determined excessive formation of reagin antibodies. As a result, immune inflammation and hyperreactivity of the skin develops, and it begins to react to immune and non-immune stimuli, exogenous (temperature and humidity fluctuations, wind, insolation) and endogenous factors (stress, food, etc.).
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