• Corpus ID: 21208132

DERMATOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS ON THE SKIN COMPATIBILITY OF TEXTILES MADE FROM TENCEL® FIBRES

@inproceedings{Diepgen2006DERMATOLOGICALEO,
  title={DERMATOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS ON THE SKIN COMPATIBILITY OF TEXTILES MADE FROM TENCEL{\textregistered} FIBRES},
  author={Thomas L. Diepgen},
  year={2006}
}

• T. Diepgen
• Published 2006
• Medicine

Summary Background: Textiles play an important role in well-being, as the human body is in close contact with textiles most of the time. Especially, subjects with diseased or sensitive skin are able to feel small differences in well-being by using different textiles. It is well known that their skin is easily aggravated by contact with clothes of synthetic or woollen fibres. Objectives: To evaluate the skin compatibility of commercially available TENCEL ® (generic fibre name: Lyocell) textiles in patients suffering from atopic dermatitis or psoriasis in an everyday situation. Methods: 30 patients with atopic dermatitis and 30 patients with psoriasis should wear and use TENCEL ® textiles over the testing period of one week, during day and night. All textiles were commercially available products made from TENCEL ® , produced through standard textile process routes, with no special additional treatment or finishing: 100% TENCEL ® bedding (duvets, covers, bed linen, sheets), clothing from 70% TENCEL ® / 30% Cotton (t-shirts, polo-shirts, pyjamas). As a control, patients used their own clothing and their own bedding textiles. All patients were evaluated by a dermatologist at baseline and 7 days after the initial examination. The overall severity of atopic eczema was evaluated using the SCORAD index, and the severity of psoriasis the PASI score, respectively. Results: During the test period the severity of atopic dermatitis and psoriasis improved significantly (p<0.01). Over 90% of the patients reported that TENCEL® textiles are superior in comparison to their own clothing and their own bed textiles regarding the skin compatibility. The patients gave excellent scores for TENCEL ® textiles regarding improvement of itching, skin sensitivity, thermoregulatory properties, for its properties of cool, smooth and dry feeling, and for its compatibility with the local topical treatment. Conclusions: TENCEL ® textiles significantly contribute to well-being also under dermatological conditions. From a dermatological point of view these textiles can be recommended not only for healthy subjects but also for people with sensitive skin or even patients with skin disease, especially atopic dermatitis or psoriasis.