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Skin care
Clinicians play a key role in recognizing and preventing skin disorders. It is important to prevent skin breakdown and protect fragile or vulnerable skin against external influences. But prevention continous even after wound closure as avoiding the formation of excessive scar tissues may be essential for patient's wellbeing.
Overhydratation causes swelling & disruption of strateum corneum(1)
After exposure to excessive moisture, the skin becomes damp, soggy and clammy, its permeability can be breached and it is susceptible to physical damage from friction and shearing forces.
29% incontinence associated dermatitis(3/4)
Incontinence-associated dermatitis, a clinical manifestation of moisture-associated skin damage is a common consideration in patients with fecal and/or urinary incontinence.
PH of the skin increases due to urine and feces.(2)
The increase in the normal acidic pH of the skin (4 - 6.8) due to the alkalinity of urine and feces encourages bacterial colonisation.
Both the Linovera® oil and emulsion of hyperoxynated fatty acids (HOFA) are indicated for the prevention and treatment of stage 1 pressure ulcers. Lower limb ulcers (vascular and diabetic foot) can be treated and prevented with Linovera® Emulsion.
For better protection of uninjured skin on the heel combine Linovera® with Askina® Heel to prevent pressure ulcers.
100 million patients develop scars(5)
A total of 100 million patients develop scars in the developed world alone each year as a result of 55 million elective operations and 25 million operations after trauma.
40% to 70% hypetrophic scarring(5)
Incidence rates of hypertrophic scarring vary from 40% to 70% following surgery depending on the depth of the wound.
Askina® Scar Repair is a soft silicone self-adhesive dressing that is indicated to prevent the formation of excessive scar tissues and to manage scars in a non-invasive way.
1) D Beeckman et al. Proceedings of the Global IAD Expert Panel. Incontinence associated dermatitis: moving prevention forward. Wounds International 2015. Available to download from www.woundsinternational.com
2) K Ousey et al. The identification and management of moisture lesions. Wounds UK, 2012; Moisture Lesions Supplement. Wounds UK, London
3) Heywood, N. Holloway, S. Risk factors for incontinence- associated dermatitis: an evidence-based review. Wounds UK 2014, Vol 10, No 4. 22-33
4) Johansen, E., Bakken, L. N., Duvaland, E., Faulstich, J., Hoelstad, H. L., Moore, Z., … Beeckman, D. (2018). Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis (IAD). Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing, 45(6), 527–531.
5) G Gauglitz et al. Hypertrophic Scarring and Keloids: Pathomechanisms and Current and Emerging Treatment Strategies. Molecular Medicine, 2011; 17(1-2):113-125
