ABSTRACT
Even if reported adverse reactions could be the very rst symptoms of an irritant contact dermatitis [7], sensitive skin is not a pathological disorder [8].
This chapter will rst present a short review of the different approaches for assessing sensitive skin. Then we will present in detail a new approach based on the analysis of the pattern of brain activation in self-assessed sensitive-skin subjects compared with nonsensitive-skin subjects using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
