Experimentalipae

Abstract

Patient JT applied lipbalm A which resulted in major lip-cracking and peeling. She then immediately switched to lipbalm B to alleviate the situation but worsened the condition instead. On medical advice, betopic cream was applied and her lips were healed. An experiment is thus carried out a few months later to determine if lipbalm A or B is the culprit for the allegergy.

Aim/ Objective

To determine if Lip balm A or B (or both) causes patient JT's lip allergy by doing a patch test and hence determining which one (or none) is still suitable for her use.

Hypothesis

Lipbalm A is probably the culprit as major problems first appeared when Lipbalm A was used.

Procedure (for patch test)

A small amount of Lip balm B (bodyshop's born lippy) is applied to her lower lip and left overnight. A small amount is also applied to the top of her hand. The application is left overnight and oberservations will be made over the next 48 hours.

(Observation, Results and Conclusion will be out in 48 hours time.)