Temporary tattoo for testing the sensitivity of skin to chemicals
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1. A kit comprising (a) a cosmetic product containing a plurality of chemicals;
- and (b) means for applying a temporary tattoo having a plurality of regions containing different ones and/or different mixtures and/or different concentrations of said plurality of chemicals so that the tattoo when on a user'"'"'s skin delivers said chemicals to corresponding underlying regions of the skin.
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Abstract
Potentially irritant or allergenic test materials are incorporated into predetermined areas (12) of a temporary tattoo (30) which is applied to skin (31). After a few days the tattoo (30) is removed and the exposed skin is examined. Reddened areas (32,36) can be correlated with test materials that were present in overlying areas of the tattoo, e.g. by comparison with a map (40) and key.
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1. A kit comprising (a) a cosmetic product containing a plurality of chemicals;
- and (b) means for applying a temporary tattoo having a plurality of regions containing different ones and/or different mixtures and/or different concentrations of said plurality of chemicals so that the tattoo when on a user'"'"'s skin delivers said chemicals to corresponding underlying regions of the skin.
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3. A skin sensitivity testing kit comprising (a) means for applying to skin a temporary tattoo with a predetermined design comprising a plurality of predetermined regions containing different test materials and/or different concentrations of test materials so that the tattoo when on a user'"'"'s skin delivers said test material(s) to corresponding underlying regions of the skin;
- and (b) a map of the tattoo with indicia indicating the predetermined regions.
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5. A method of skin sensitivity testing comprising (a) applying to skin a temporary tattoo with a predetermined design comprising a plurality of predetermined regions containing different test materials and/or different concentrations of test materials so that the tattoo delivers said test material(s) to corresponding underlying regions of the skin;
- (b) observing the skin, optionally after removal of the tattoo, to determine whether any of said underlying regions exhibits a sensitivity reaction.
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