Abstract
Various commercial shampoos were frequently prescribed for dermatologicstherapy in small animal practice. Skin surface sebum affected by the shampoos, however, was not evaluated routinely. In order to evaluate the skin surface sebum for the exact prescription of shampoos methods to measure skin surface sebum of shampoos are needed. This study was undertaken to evaluate the skin surface sebum effect of shampoo on canine skin using sebometry. Five healthy dogs were applied with 3 commercial shampoos: Sebocalm, Sebolytics, and Benzoyl peroxide. Sebocalm had a great effect on skin surface seoum and normal saline also affected the skin sebum. Sebolytics and benzoyl peroxide had a moderate effect of skin sebum. The lowest effect was shown in detergent. Therefore, Sebumeter was considered a good and convenient apparatus for skin sebum measurement in order to evaluate the effect of shampoos on skin sebum. None of the products tested had any negative effect on the skin barrier function.
표피유분측정기를 이용하여 정상적인 개 피부에 상용샴푸를 적용한 후 유분을 측정하였다. Sebocalm이 표피유분에 가장 많은 영향을 미쳤으며 Sebolytics와 Benzoyl peroxide는 중등도의 영향을 주었다. 물비누의 영향이 가장 낮았다. 따라서 Sebumeter는 표비유분측정에 간단하고 편리한 측정기로 샴푸이외의 피부적용 약물의 표피유분에 미치는 영향을 조사하는데 유용할 것으로 판단된다.