Poster
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Poster |
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6th Internet World Congress for Biomedical Sciences |
Akiko Tozawa(1)
(1)Tozawa Clinic - Tokyo. Japan
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Contact address: |
Akiko Tozawa Tozawa Clinic Tokyo 142 Japan dfenviro@iafrica.com |
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[Allergy & Clinical Immunology] |
Skin atopy remains a challenging problem for dermatologists in Japan.
A significant contributor to skin atopy is the loss of the water-proofing barrier properties of skin. This leads to dry, inflamed skin which is generally treated with cortisone derivatives to suppress the inflammatory process. Steroids in themselves, create further skin problems.
For 9 years I have used topical vitamins A, C, E, beta carotene and panthenol to normalise the keratinocytes and Langerhans cells, restore the water-proofing barrier and naturally smoothen the stratum corneum.
Vitamin A is the skin normalising vitamin and also regulates Langerhans cells and skin immunity; better keratins and ceramides are produced in the water-proofing barrier section of the lower stratum corneum.
The inflammatory process is aggravated by free radicals so the use of topical antioxidant vitamins C, E and beta-carotene (in adequate amounts) offer an even better chance of returning skin to normality.
1830 patients have been treated in the past 5 years with this regime of daily applications of vitamin A, C, E, and beat carotene for at least three months. Pulsed iontophoresis has dramatically improved the speed of improvement because the penetration is increased up to 400%. Sonophoresis promises even greater results because sonophoresis may increase the penetration by as much as 4000%. The success rate of treatment is about 80% and generally the patients are able to totally stop the use of cortisone. Continual application of the antioxidants is essential to maintain skin in its healthy condition.
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