Sensitive skin: psychological effects and seasonal changes

Abstract

Our study was the first to show seasonal changes in skin reactivity and to study the psychological impacts of sensitive skin.

Responses to sodium dodecyl sulphate as an in vivo human model to study the pathomechanisms underlying sensitive skin

“…Sensitive skin (SS) is a poorly understood condition, in which subjects report sensations of the skin, particularly characterized by stinging, burning or itching in response-eliciting factors of different nature (1)(2)(3). Visible signs of irritation are absent in some individuals with SS.…”

What Is Sensitive Skin? A Systematic Literature Review of Objective Measurements

“…People classifying themselves as having sensitive skin perceive skin discomfort, particularly characterized by stinging, burning or itching sensations [16,17,18]. Remarkably, visible signs of skin irritation are frequently absent [14,17,18,19,20].…”

“…Large epidemiological studies on the prevalence of sensitive skin have been conducted, concluding that the percentage of self-reported sensitive skin is as high as 50-61% among women [11,12,13,14,15] and 30-44% among men [11,12,13,14]. Since the prevalence of sensitive skin proves to be high across industrialized countries and to have considerable impact on quality of life [16], unraveling clinical, biophysical and histological characteristics of sensitive skin has become a significant topic of research for cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries and for biomedical researchers.…”

Dermatological future of european patients with atopic dermatitis

“…The use of surveys appears suitable as a method for conducting an epidemiological study on dermatological diseases. The use of a representative sample of the population is useful for producing extrapolative results about dermatological diseases, [16][17][18] although this study does not claim to have an epidemiological value with respect to dermatological diseases as all data were declared in interviews; some data could be overestimated or underestimated, 18 and some people may have had diagnosis difficulties, i.e. distinguishing between AD and contact eczema (or acne and rosacea).…”