
#Light blue face paint substitute skin#
What conditions are diagnosed using a Wood lamp?Ī Wood lamp for skin examination may reveal: Items on the skin surface such as fabric, topical medications and soap residue can also fluoresce. Clothing lint often shines bright white.Ī positive result is reported if a pigmentary disorder is more noticeable when examined using the Wood lamp or if fluorescence is noted.įluorescence is a coloured glow seen when certain substances such as collagen and porphyrins absorb black light and emit it again at a longer wavelength in the visible spectrum.

Normal healthy skin is slightly blue but shows white spots where there is thickened skin, yellow where it is oily, and purple spots where it is dehydrated.

The examination is painless and safe.Ī Wood lamp is used to identify the extent of pigmented or depigmented patches and to detect fluorescence. The lamp is held about 10-30 cm away from the skin.


The lamp glows violet in a dark environment because it also emits some light in the violet part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Blacklight is invisible to the naked eye because it is in the ultraviolet spectrum, with a wavelength just shorter than the colour violet. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide CI 77891, Ultramarines CI 77007, Iron Oxides CI 77491,CI 77492, CI 77499, Chromium Oxide Greens CI 77288, Chromium Hydroxide Green CI 77289, Blue 1 Lake CI 42090, Black 2 CI 77266, Red 7 Lake CI 15850, Red 6 Lake CI 15850, Yellow 5 Lake CI 19140, Yellow 10 CI 47005, Aluminium Powder CI 77000, Bronze Powder CI 77400, Copper Powder CI 77400, Mica CI 77019.Wood lamp examination is a diagnostic test in which the skin or hair is examined while exposed to the black light emitted by Wood lamp. Talc, Glycerin, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, PEG-8, PEG-75, Cetearyl Alcohol, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Butter, Lauryl Glucoside, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Bis-PEG-15 Dimethicone/IPDI Copolymer, Butylene Glycol, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Cymbopogon Schoenanthus (Lemongrass) Leaf/Stem extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Symphytum Officinale (Comfrey) Leaf extract, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), BHT, Tris ( Tetramethylhydroxypiperidinol) Citrate, Benzotriazolyl Dodecyl p-Cresol, Disodium EDTA, Triethanolamine, Methylisothiazolinone, Decylene Glycol, Calcium Carbonate, Fragrance (parfum), coumarin, Limonene.
