Preventive dermatology, claimed to play a key role in the global management of skin diseases, is not yet accepted as a routine procedure in many circumstances of daily life [1]. Prevention of irritant and/or allergic contact dermatitis is briefly and incompletely reviewed in several textbooks on occupational and contact dermatitis [2–4]. It is therefore urgently necessary to regard prevention of occupational (and non-occupational) dermatitis as the cornerstone and/or the final aim of many research projects in the field [5].
Lachapelle, J.-M. (2001). Principles of prevention and protection in contact dermatitis (with special reference to occupational dermatology). In R.J.G. Rycroft, T. Menné, P.J. Frosch, J.-P. Lepoittevin (ed.), Textbook of contact dermatitis (3rd ed., p. p. 979-993). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10302-9_42