Are you allergic? Try our novelty!

Doesn’t your skin smell of perfume?
Or is cleaning your home a horror for you, not because of the mess, but because of the cleaning supplies and gadgets you have to use?
Even common materials you come into contact with can cause contact dermatitis today.
Innovative EPICUTANE TESTS reveal their effect on the skin. Contact dermatitis can cause skin redness or itching in the mild variant, blistering or swelling in the worse one, and later also scabs or dry skin deposits with subsequent tears, and especially the spread of eczema and possible infection to the surrounding area. “Contact dermatitis arises when an allergenic substance touches and acts on the skin,” explains dermatologist of the FRAIS polyclinic MUDr. Lucia Michael. Cosmetics, perfumes, creams, but also drugstores, for example ordinary soap, dishwashing detergent or general cleaning products, various pharmaceuticals, chemicals, glues, varnishes, paints, including those you put on your hair, can be allergenic substances.
But also plants, resin, even protective rubber gloves that should protect you.
And other products made of rubber, plastics or metals, most often nickel.
The list goes on and on.
For some they cause nothing, for others a nightmare.
Especially if they use them for longer periods of time, even for work. Testing is easy If your skin signals you that something is wrong, it’s red, itchy or blisters are already forming, be sure to address the situation as soon as possible. ” Epicutaneous tests are an innovative way of detecting contact allergy, i.e. allergy to substances that have been produced by contact with the skin.
These are patch skin tests that can detect allergy to up to 32 substances ,” says Dr. Lucia Michael.
While food allergy tests, for example, require a blood sample, epicutaneous tests are simple but accurate. “These are patch skin tests that are applied to healthy skin, most often the patient’s back, and left in place for 48 hours,” explains the dermatologist.
The test strips contain chambers with samples of up to 32 of the most well-known allergens. “These are standard tests, but there are also specific ones if needed,” she adds. To make the results as accurate as possible During testing, avoid water, excessive sweating, for example due to exercise, so that the test strips do not get wet or otherwise mechanically damaged. After 48 hours, your doctor will peel off the strips and in another 24 hours, evaluate the results and make a diagnosis. You will then find out what to not only avoid, but also whether any treatment needs to be adjusted. To make the results as accurate as possible, get tested when you are completely healthy, free of infectious disease, and this includes skin disease. ” In the case of a chronic skin disease, it cannot be an active phase, such as psoriasis, atopic eczema, etc.
It is also advisable not to undergo medical therapy at that time, not to take antihistamines or corticosteroids in general, which could also distort the result of the test ,” states MUDr. Lucia Michael. Our dermatologists at the FRAIS clinic will be happy to explain all the details of the testing and answer any questions you may have during your initial consultation.