Contact dermatitis and work

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:03:51 +0000

We can start by saying that in our daily lives and even more at work, there are some obvious risk factors for contracting contact dermatitis. In itself, sunlight can be a trigger for this disease, because some allergens, when photosensitizer, often cause skin reactions when exposed to the sun. This could be the case when we apply a series of traditional beauty and grooming that we use daily in our home, such as certain soaps, perfumes, lotions, sunscreens, detergents and certain oils. They can also cause this reaction some vegetables and fruits (figs, celery, lime, etc.). Also, when we are being treated with drugs containing doxycycline or tetracycline, risk factors greatly increased. Without going any further, without realizing, following extensive use of contact lenses or daily use of a watch that contains nickel, may lead to the occurrence of contact dermatitis.

In the case of labor, there are some professions which, by its own characteristics, may be prone to this anomaly organic. For example, welders, glass blowers, cooks, construction workers, farmers, etc. Even in the case of women, simply because they are women, often have dual susceptibility to contact dermatitis, because quite often are spending time in environments such as hairdressing, nursing, contact with chemicals, etc. which favors the appearance of this anomaly of the skin.

Soaps and cleaners

admin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:27:33 +0000

We use to clean our skin cleansers or soaps. Do you know what is best for your skin? Both can be:

There are several types of products to clean the skin, which is best for us depends on the condition of the skin. But according to new studies do not need to use abrasive cleaners.

What are soaps?

True soaps and rarely used. Instead cleansing bars are used. The difference lies in their ingredients. Soaps, such as handmade soaps are made from fats and an alkaline substance such as bleach. They can be irritating to the skin of the face.

The handmade soaps and some moisturizers contain substances making them less irritating as glycerin. Glycerin is a byproduct of specification (soap making process) but sometimes removed to be sold separately.

Detergents

These are the cleaners, cleaner’s etc bars. Are technically not soaps but create foam and clean. For naturists are not as desirable as soaps because they have ingredients that affect health such as sulfates. Dermatologists recommend them to be gentler on the skin that some soaps.

Combinations

They are a combination of soaps and detergents. This soap will become softer and contain less sulfate detergents.

Antibacterial detergents

Soaps or detergents may be that contain ingredients that kill bacteria. They are not considered effective and can be more irritating than regular soaps.

Cleaner Type

The cleaners come face by skin type but unless you have acne it is best to avoid harsh cleaners because they irritate the skin. Cleaners for normal skin or sensitive are preferable even for oily skin.

According to many dermatologists is preferable to clean the skin with cleanser only once a day (night) unless you have very oily skin or acne. In the morning you can just use water on his face.