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Iodine and the Body

Iodine and Skin

• Al-Kaisy
• Atemnkeng
• Braught
• Brodsky, Wormser
• Brown-Grant
• Burks
• Derry
• Earth Clinic
• Flechas
• Kramer
• Ohtani
• PanAm School
• Pavelka
• Pechtold
• Selvaggi
• Slominski
• Squier
• Sterling
• West
• Wright
• Zeghal

Iodine Absorption

SKIN

A significant proportion of body iodine is found in the skin.  What it is doing there is not yet clear.

Iodine may be necessary for sweating.

Iodine deficiency appears to be related to dry, scaly skin.  Supplemental iodine improves skin texture.

Iodine has long been used as an antiseptic for wound treatment.  It is useful in the treatment of numerous skin diseases.

Iodine absorption can occur through the skin, but the mechanisms are not yet clear.

Sterling reviews the pharmacology, mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, and adverse effects of potassium iodine as a therapeutic agent.

Flechas states that 20% of the body iodine is in the skin, and that iodine is necessary to sweat. 

Wright discusses a variety of uses for iodine including certain skin conditions like keloids, sebaceous cysts, acne, and disinfecting cuts and scrapes.

Al-Kaisy discusses the antioxidant effect of Vitamins E and C and povidone-iodine in the treatment of burns.

West reports that iodine supplementation can improve skin texture.

Braught states that dry and scaly skin is a good indication of iodine deficiency. 

Selvaggi, Burks, and Kramer discuss the role of iodine in antisepsis and wound management.

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