Atopic dermatitis, being a chronic condition, must be treated as such. It is very important to know how both patients and doctors treat the particular condition of each subject.
Dr. Eneida de la Torre, dermatologist, professor and assistant researcher at the Universidad Central del Caribe.
In an interview in the Revista de Medicina Pública, dermatologist Dr. Eneida de la Torre, talks about the importance of knowing how to choose grooming implements, how to use them and how all lifestyle factors influence whether the condition is to exacerbate or keep it under control.
Common soaps: why are they not recommended?
The first thing that the dermatologist clarifies is that “what works for that one, will not necessarily work for this one”, and she refers, precisely, to the fact that there are many people who buy soaps or their personal hygiene implements, thinking about it, about homogeneity, or about television .
In fact, dermatologists generally recommend the use of fragrance-free soaps, as well as the fact that they say “eczema”, since these products are the ones that, in the United States, are recommended to patients with dermatitis.
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The responsible chemicals that are used to give a good aroma to the products, can be very annoying for the skin, and can even cause irritation. It is very important to recognize this about fragrances, because many times the atopic dermatitisAccording to the dermatologist de la Torre, it can be present from an early age.
“We all love that a baby smells good, and we want to put scented creams and scented things, and sometimes we don’t realize that this is what is affecting the baby’s skin.”
In the same way it can happen with adults, because it can occur that an already adult person uses a lot of lotion, and from one moment to another, they can begin to have an allergic reaction.
“Not because you have used it for a long time, it does not mean that it cannot cause allergies. There are products with fragrance, eventually the body can start to react with dermatitis” adds the doctor.
Avoid direct contact of fragrances with skin
Another of the recommendations of the dermatologist Eneida de la Torre, is that, if they are going to use products with fragrance because the patient wants to smell delicious, do it directly on the clothes and not on the skin, much less in the areas where dermatitis normally spreads. exacerbates.
Can soaps or fragrances make a atopic dermatitis?
Depending on the severity, it can be observed that those who have a very acute condition, at the moment of putting on a fragrance with a smell, within minutes it begins to have itching and redness.
“Sometimes patients fail to identify that these fragrances are hurting them, and they continue to apply them in such a way that it causes burning and itching, they scratch, and lead to the formation of peels, and everything is worse,” adds the specialist.
That is why it is so important that the patient knows about the products that cause damage to their skin, because the more time passes, the more the condition can worsen if they continue to use products that exacerbate the condition.