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Bacterial colonization of the skin after chemical depilation
B Jaffray1, P M King, D A Macleod
1Department of Surgery, Bangour General Hospital, Dechmont, West Lothian, UK.
Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
|August 1, 1990
Abstract:
A study of the effects of preoperative skin depilation on skin microflora has been performed. Areas of skin were prepared with a chemical depilatory agent and compared with areas of unprepared skin. Preparation of skin with a chemical depilatory agent causes no increase in skin microflora, in contrast to the effects of shaving as demonstrated by earlier studies.