Twenty-one day cumulative irritancy study of 2 new hand and body lotions compared to a standard skin lotion

Thirty healthy Filipino subjects of both sexes with ages between 18 and 54 years underwent a modified Draize test in humans to determine Cumulative Irritancy Index for 21 cumulative days. Utilizings the Mean Cumulative Irritancy Index of less than 1 to indicate non-irritancy and a value of more than 1 to indicate irritancy, the experimental lotions 1 (0.68) and 2 (0.53), belonged to the non-irritant category, while lotion 3 (4.45) was considered irritant based on this classification. (Auth)