bleach bath

Parents should consult a dermatologist or other health care provider first to see if bleach baths are appropriate.

Bleach baths provide temporary control of eczema.

Dilute bleach baths can help prevent infections and relieve atopic dermatitis symptoms, say the experts.

For example, copper and iron can cause instability ill peroxide bleaching baths and damage to cotton during bleaching.

The study found big improvements among the children who had the bleach baths, but only on the body, not the face, because they were not submerging their heads.

Alternatively, a dilute bleach bath can be taken at a concentration of 1/2 cup bleach per 1/4-full bathtub of water.

Bleach can be caustic, so talk to your dermatologist before trying dilute bleach baths suggests the American Academy of Dermatology.

In one study, children with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis and staph soaked in diluted bleach baths and used an antibiotic ointment in their noses.

The addition of ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid or diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid to the bleach bath reduces the deleterious effects of the metals.

The bleaching bath used potassium dichromate and sodium bisulfate; the redeveloper was a fogging developer, and so unstable that its shelf-life after mixing was only slightly longer than the amount of time needed to process a single roll.