1. Definition of Sensitive Skin: An Expert Position Paper from the Special Interest Group on Sensitive Skin of the International Forum for the Study of Itch
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Adam Reich, Sonja Ständer, Jacek C Szepietowski, Joachim W. Fluhr, Enzo Berardesca, Andrea W M Evers, Joanna Wallengren, Emilie Brenaut, Christelle Le Gall-Ianotto, Kenji Takamori, Elke Weisshaar, Laurent Misery, Université de Brest (UBO), and Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (CHRU Brest)
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Consensus ,Erythema ,Delphi Technique ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Population ,Sensation ,IFSI ,Dermatology ,600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit ,Sensitive skin ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Terminology as Topic ,[SDV.BC.IC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology/Cell Behavior [q-bio.CB] ,medicine ,definition ,Humans ,In patient ,itch ,education ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,education.field_of_study ,integumentary system ,business.industry ,Pruritus ,[SDV.BBM.BM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Molecular biology ,[SDV.MHEP.HEM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hematology ,General Medicine ,SIG ,3. Good health ,030104 developmental biology ,sensitive skin ,Inflammatory diseases Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 5] ,Position paper ,Tingling ,medicine.symptom ,business ,[SDV.MHEP.DERM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Dermatology - Abstract
Contains fulltext : 170322.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) Sensitive skin is a frequent complaint in the general population, in patients, and among subjects suffering from itch. The International Forum for the Study of Itch (IFSI) decided to initiate a special interest group (SIG) on sensitive skin. Using the Delphi method, sensitive skin was defined as "A syndrome defined by the occurrence of unpleasant sensations (stinging, burning, pain, pruritus, and tingling sensations) in response to stimuli that normally should not provoke such sensations. These unpleasant sensations cannot be explained by lesions attributable to any skin disease. The skin can appear normal or be accompanied by erythema. Sensitive skin can affect all body locations, especially the face". This paper summarizes the background, unresolved aspects of sensitive skin and the process of developing this definition.
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- 2016