Abstract

Rebuilding, stabilizing and maintaining the dermal lipid barrier is an encouraging disease management concept (relief and care) in the treatment and prevention of atopic dermatitis. Prevention and topical treatment, however, lack a simple, safe, effective and modular approach. For decades, the mainstay of topical therapy of atopic dermatitis has been corticosteroids, with innovations being rare. Our case report demonstrates the struggle of a patient with little relief of itchy dermal lesions and the recurrence of skin lesions following current therapeutic guidelines which proved to be ineffective. Therefore we decided to try an advanced C16-ceramide pathomechanism derived topical therapeutic measure since it offers hope of re-establishing skin and alleviating suffering. Amitriptyline in combination with linoleic acid offers a chance to release from dry and itchy skin, mild to moderate atopic dermatitis lesions without known serious adverse effects of topical corticosteroids, while preventing recurrence.

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