Merial-Kieny C, Nocera T, Mery S
Laboratoires Dermatologiques Avène Les Cauquillous, 81506 Lavaur cedex, France.
Ann Dermatol Venereol. 2008 Jan;Spec No 1:25-8. doi: 10.1016/S0151-9638(08)70094-2.
Medical corrective make up can be applied to hide the adverse effects of cancer treatments. The aim of this study was to evaluate the tolerance and the satisfaction of patients needing medical make up to hide the cutaneous side effects induced by chimiotherapy and to improve self-esteem.
90 cancer patients were included in this multicentric study. They were being treated by chimiotherapy and had eyebrow alopecia, complexion changes, irregular lip contour or lip dryness. They were made up by socio-esthecians. Photos were taken before and after applications of make up. The patients had to fill in a self-questionnaire at home. The duration of the study varied from 1 to 4 weeks.
Included patients were 52 years old. Tolerance was considered to be satisfactory or very satisfactory by 95,4% and 98,9% of the patients for eyebrow pencil corrector and the dual lip and contour corrector, respectively. Questions on quality of live and self-esteem revealed that the medical corrective make up improved the quality of life in general for 81,2% of the patients. This product range enhanced the self-esteem of 76,8% of the patients. Cosmetic agreement was highly satisfactory.
In this study in which patients were suffering from cancer and treated by chimiotherapy, we showed that medical corrective make up can improve the quality of life with a very good tolerance.
医用矫正化妆品可用于掩盖癌症治疗的不良反应。本研究旨在评估需要使用医用化妆品来掩盖化疗引起的皮肤副作用并提高自尊的患者的耐受性和满意度。
90名癌症患者纳入了这项多中心研究。他们正在接受化疗，存在眉毛脱发、肤色改变、唇形不规则或嘴唇干燥等问题。由社会美容师为他们化妆。化妆前后均拍摄照片。患者需在家中填写一份自我调查问卷。研究持续时间为1至4周。
纳入患者的年龄为52岁。分别有95.4%和98.9%的患者认为眉笔矫正器和唇部及轮廓两用矫正器的耐受性令人满意或非常满意。关于生活质量和自尊的问题显示，医用矫正化妆品总体上改善了81.2%患者的生活质量。该系列产品提升了76.8%患者的自尊。对化妆品的满意度非常高。
在这项针对癌症化疗患者的研究中，我们表明医用矫正化妆品耐受性良好，可改善生活质量。
