BACKGROUND We conducted a study to evaluate efficacy and safety of dimeticone 4%, a lotion with no conventional insecticide activity, to cure lice infection and to prevent spread of infestation/reinfestation by prophylaxis of classmates. METHODS The study is carried out between April 2008 and June 2008 in Petranova International Institute in Rome. A total of 131 children, aged 3 to 13 years (...

Background: Itch associated with cutaneous xerosis is a common condition, which can be effectively treated with the use of emollients combined with hydration therapy. The aim of our study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of a new lotion containing menthol and colloidal oatmeal in patients with itch and cutaneous xerosis. Patients and Methods: Fifty-four patients with pruritus of di...

In a case of a driving ability assessment, hair analysis for ethyl glucuronide (EtG) was requested by the authorities. The person concerned denied alcohol consumption and did not present any clinical sign of alcoholism. However, EtG was found in concentrations of up to 910pg/mg in hair from different sampling dates suggesting an excessive drinking behavior. The person declared to use a hair lot...

a similar ulcer 011 the lobe of the left ear, with s'?1'sgj features. The face was swollen and the left eye cl ?with swelling. Fever was also present. (e* On questioning the man, lie said that a month P || viously he had been advised to use iodoform for a.s ,11 ulcer 011 his left leg, also for some local irritatio11 0f the left ear. As the result of indiscriminate l^cped iodoform, in a month's ...

We reevaluated histological slides of dorsal skin in control animals from past percutaneous dose toxicity studies using dogs, rabbits and rats to provide background data concerning histological changes related to preparation and application procedures and vehicles or embrocations of every variety. Acanthosis, dermal or perifollicular inflammatory cell infiltration in dogs; hyperkeratosis, acant...

An 18-year-old female presented with a severe ulcerative lesion on her right ear of 6 weeks duration. Her right ear was edematous and erythematous with a large, painless ulcerative lesion covering a third of the pinna and satellite papular lesions on the posterior. She was diagnosed with chiclero's ulcer. A skin smear stained with Diff-quik showed abundant Leishmania parasites. Chiclero's ulcer...

Sericin as one of two main proteins in silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) cocoons was found to have the ability increase skin moisture cosmetics. The objective this study determine optimal formula sericin nanoparticle lotion and effectiveness lotion. formation nanoparticles mainly carried out by mixing stirring mechanism using urea a crosslinking agent. Temperature speed were fixed, while duration varie...

BACKGROUND Malathion 0.5% has been the most prescribed pediculicide in the United Kingdom for around 10 years, and is widely used in Europe and North America. Anecdotal reports suggest malathion treatments are less effective than formerly, but this has not been confirmed clinically. This study was designed to determine whether malathion is still effective and if 4% dimeticone lotion is a more e...

pital on the 3rd May 1886, with a complaint of having been subject to ague quot., and was prescribed cinch, f'eb. on that day. On the 4th he had a dose of black draught and cinchona febrifuge mixture; on the 5th and 6th he had the cinchona febrifuge mixture; on the 7th he complained of ringworm about his abdomen, and had the usual ringworm lotion of the hospital for application, and the cinchon...

OBJECTIVES Treatment of facial skin perturbed by laser resurfacing with a novel, topical hypoxic conditioned culture medium (HCCM) product results in apparent, accelerated wound recovery time. The HCCM product is conditioned by neonatal fibroblasts under hypoxic conditions and used as the active ingredient in a formulated topical lotion. The HCCM contains significant quantities of growth factor...