Skin Allergy Apps Help Consumers Choose 'Safe' Personal Care Products

摘要

For the more than 8.4 million consumers in America with skin allergies, shopping for personal-care products can involve plodding through long lists of ingredients in fine print before making a purchase.Several apps are now available to help consumers make personal-care product purchasing decisions.Mobile health technology provider Preventice Inc. has developed the CARD app, where consumers can create shopping lists based on their allergies and identify "safe" products, as determined by input from dermatologists at the Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic.