Inflammation is a reaction of local tissue after a skin damage: redness, heat, pain, swelling…

The response can be provoked by physical, chemical and biologic agents, including mechanical trauma, sunburn, extremes of heat and cold or by infectious agents.

As many pathologies can cause inflammation, affected areas are numerous: face, body, scaly scalp, ect.

There are 4 main symptoms of inflammation: 

• • Redness
• • Heat
• • Swelling (oedema)
• • Pain

Lots of dermatologic pathologies are accompanied by inflammation:

• • Eczema
• • Urticaria
• • Intertrigo
• • Insect bites
• • and many other skin conditions