Before you add a new skin-care product to your routine, dermatologists recommend doing a patch test to check for potential reactions. Here’s how, and why it’s so important.

A skin patch test can tell you if you’re allergic to certain ingredients. Here’s exactly what happened when I got one.

Dr. Henry offers yet another method of at-home patch testing: Apply a nickel-size amount of the product to clean, dry skin on the inner forearm, then cover it with a bandage for 48 hours (try not ...

A rapid and reliable skin-patch test can now detect the COVID-19 virus, and potentially other infectious agents in under three minutes, without the need to draw blood.

WebMD describes how allergy skin tests work, including types, results, and side effects. Discover what to expect from your doctor’s allergy testing procedure.

The first clinical trials of the DermR skin patch took place in Western Australia's remote Pilbara region in May. "And you've just contributed to hopefully a new age screen for skin cancer ...

To assess what effect skin color has on patch test outcomes, patients (N=1389) who underwent patch skin testing at the Park Nicollet Contact Dermatitis Clinic in Minneapolis, Minnesota between ...