{{other uses}} {{Short description|Skin condition prone to irritation}} [[File:The skin; its care and treatment (1914) (14577557420).jpg|thumb|A 1914 photograph for Emily Lloyd's dermatology book detailing the benefits of massage for all skin types; the c. 1870 text reads, "Extremely sensitive skins sometimes become irritated under even the lightest treatment but these are exceptions to the rule."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Maurer |first=Ruth D. Johnson |url=http://archive.org/details/skinitscaretrea00maur |title=The skin; its care and treatment |date=1914 |publisher=Chicago, McIntosh battery & optical company |others=The Library of Congress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3qYrr6HCpTAC&dq=%22Emily+Lloyd%22+dermatology&pg=PA148 |title=The Electro-therapeutist |date=1897 |language=en}}</ref>]] '''Sensitive skin''' is a skin condition in which skin is prone to itching and irritation experienced as a subjective sensation such as when using cosmetics and toiletries. When questioned, over 50% of women in the UK and US, and 38% of men, report that they have sensitive skin.<ref>{{citation |title=Sensory, clinical and physiological factors in sensitive skin: a review |author1=Miranda A. Farage |author2=Alexandra Katsarou |author3=Howard I. Maibach |date=29 June 2006 |doi=10.1111/j.0105-1873.2006.00886.x |pmid=16842547 |journal=Contact Dermatitis |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages= 1–14 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
==See also== * Contact dermatitis * List of cutaneous conditions
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==Further reading== * {{citation |title=Cosmetic dermatology |author=Leslie Baumann |chapter=Sensitive skin |page=94 |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-07-149062-7 |publisher=McGraw-Hill}} *{{citation |title=Cosmetic Dermatology |author=Olivier de Lacharrierre |chapter=Self-perceived sensitive skin |publisher=John Wiley and Sons |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-4051-8635-3 |page=22}} * {{citation |title=Sensitive Skin Syndrome |author1=Enzo Berardesca |author2=Joachim W. Fluhr |author3=Howard I. Maibach |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-8493-3058-2}}
Category:Skin anatomy
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