title: Tendency to irritation: sensitive skin.
abstract: The plausibility of the concept of "sensitive skin" evokes discussion and often amusement, because of the variance of the number of opinions compared with the amount of data, at least until recently. This report presents recent biologically oriented data that suggest that sensitive skin is a reality and is assessable with the use of contemporary methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0989.
authors.forename: H I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Maibach
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lammintausta
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Berardesca
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D001834:Body Water / Q000032:analysis; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology*; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D004890:Erythema / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007509:Irritants
chemical_list: D007509:Irritants