Irritancy and allergenicity of commercially available skin whiteners on albino rabbits

• Main Author: Nepomuceno, Sherwin P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1996
• Subjects: Allergy; Rabbits; Skin tests; Bleaching materials; Cosmetics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1379
• Institution: De La Salle University

Three commercially available skin whiteners, namely Block & White, Epiderm-A, Fashion 21, were tested using a modified form of the Draize test. Rabbits wer inducted with the lotions via an intradermal injection at the axilla and inguinal regions. Two controls, a negative using normal saline solu...