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C13-1
Antiperspirant/deodorant products can compromise the axillary microbiome balance.
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The potential prebiotic effect of 2-Butyloctanol on the human axillary microbiome.
C13-2
Essential oils marketed as natural (lavender, tea tree) are a documented cause of allergic contact dermatitis.
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Art of Prevention: Essential Oils - Natural Products Not Necessarily Safe.
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Allergic contact dermatitis from essential oil in consumer products: Mode of uses and value of patch tests with an essential oil series. Results of a French study of the DAG (Dermato-Allergology group of the French Society of Dermatology).
C13-3
A brief benzoyl peroxide contact suppresses S. aureus without the full-spectrum damage of longer-contact antibacterial washes.
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A New, Once-daily, Optimized, Fixed Combination of Clindamycin Phosphate 1.2% and Low-concentration Benzoyl Peroxide 2.5% Gel for the Treatment of Moderate-to-Severe Acne.
C14-2
One small study found no aluminum detected in apocrine glands after antiperspirant use; concluded absorption-risk concerns look unfounded on that data.
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Are Antiperspirants Safe? Shedding Light on the Distribution of Aluminum Compounds in Sweat Glands.
C14-3
Essential oils (lavender, tea tree) are a documented cause of allergic contact dermatitis.
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Art of Prevention: Essential Oils - Natural Products Not Necessarily Safe.
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Allergic contact dermatitis from essential oil in consumer products: Mode of uses and value of patch tests with an essential oil series. Results of a French study of the DAG (Dermato-Allergology group of the French Society of Dermatology).
C23-1
Intertrigo is a superficial inflammatory condition of skin folds triggered by friction/moisture/heat/poor ventilation; can become secondarily infected (often Candida).
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Frictional melanosis is an acquired pigmentary disorder — brown pigmentation from repeated rubbing — recognized among frictional dermatoses, prevalent in more pigmented skin.
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Orphan rocker tracks: a variant of friction melanosis in an institutionalized child.
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C23-3
In richly pigmented skin, frictional/postinflammatory pigmentation is common; PIH risk requires cautious, individualized treatment.
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Facial Melanosis: A Comprehensive Review of Uncommon and Common Presentations with Personal Experience.
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Atopic dirty neck or acquired atopic hyperpigmentation? An epidemiological and clinical study from the National Skin Centre in Singapore.