BCS Will Support Patch tests for cosmetics products. 

This patch test will be conducted according to the guidelines of Good Clinical Practice (GCP). The patches used can be totally occlusive or semi-occlusive. This patch test that takes place under the supervision of a dermatologist.

Human Repeat Insult Patch Test (HRIPT)

BCS Will Support “HRIPT” or “RIPT” means “Human Repeat Insult Patch Test” or “Repeat Insult Patch Test. (Typically, 9 × 24-hour or 48-hour exposures are delivered over a 3-week period to each of approximately 100 to 200 volunteers.)

Consumers allergic reactions to topical products applied to the skin surface are increasingly frequent in our industrialized world.

Whether they are real allergic reactions or simple irritation, the intensity of the emotion experienced by the affected consumer is proportionally related to the size of the adverse reaction.

Many companies, large and small, operating in the field of skin care, cosmetics, personal care products or other product applied to the skin, have already received a phone call from a panicked consumer.

The first advantage for a manufacturer to perform an RIPT Test (Human Repeat Insult Patch Test) is to establish that the product to be launched is a formula that minimizes the risk of allergenic reactions and/or skin irritation on a target consumer population.