ADJUVANT THERAPY WITH OIL BATHS FOR INFLA MMATORY DERMATOSES WITH DRYAND BARRIER-DISTURBED SKIN

Authors
MELNIK B BRAUNFALCO O
Citation
B. Melnik et O. Braunfalco, ADJUVANT THERAPY WITH OIL BATHS FOR INFLA MMATORY DERMATOSES WITH DRYAND BARRIER-DISTURBED SKIN, Hautarzt, 47(9), 1996, pp. 665-672
Citations number
62
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Hautarzt → ACNP
ISSN journal
00178470
Volume
47
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
665 - 672
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-8470(1996)47:9<665:ATWOBF>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The therapeutic value of oil baths fur the treatment of dry skin with disturbed barrier function in atopic eczema, atopic xerosis, dry aged skin, exsiccation eczematid and psoriasis vulgaris is presented with s pecial regard to modern concepts of epidermal barrier function, The us e of oil baths with emollients as an integral and indispensable consti tutent of maintenance therapy in dry skin conditions, atopic eczema an d inflammatory dermatoses is reviewed.