Challenging a paradigm: Skin sensitivity to sodium lauryl sulfate is independent of atopic diathesis.

CONCLUSIONS: We found no association of increased skin irritability to SLS with atopic skin diathesis, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, or allergic asthma in a large patient cohort. It therefore seems that the test of skin irritability with SLS, which is common practice in many centers so far, does not allow to predict the susceptibility to irritant eczematous inflammation in atopic vs. non-atopic individuals. PMID: 31562780 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Tags: Br J Dermatol Source Type: research