Eligibility Details:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 - 50 years of age
- Healthy, non-obese men and women
- Identify as African American or Black, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Caucasian/White,
bi-/multiracial or other
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable to give consent
- Severe general allergies requiring chronic treatment with steroids or antihistamines
- Previous adverse reaction to micropatch application
- Previous history of keloids
- Known allergy or adverse reaction to medical tape/adhesive or aloe vera
- Any inflammatory diseases of the skin; psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and blistering
skin disorders
- Diseases associated with altered immune function (including but not limited to:
rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, lupus, HIV/AIDS)
- Any subjects taking medication that impairs the immune system (including but not
limited to corticosteroids, TNF inhibitors, monoclonal antibodies, chemotherapy
agents)
- Any current malignancy or history of malignancy present at the micropatch application
sites
- Eczema or scaling present at the application sites
- Any current inflammation or irritation present at the application sites (including but
not limited to: rash, inflammation, erythema, edema, blisters)
- BMI>29.9
- Uncontrolled mental illness that would, in the opinion of the physician, affect the
subject's ability to understand or reliably participate in the study
- Subjects taking medications in the following therapeutic classes will be excluded:
HMGCoA reductase inhibitors ("statins"), oral or topical steroids, oral antibiotics,
topical antibiotics at the micropatch application sites, topical antihistamines at the
micropatch application sites, beta-blockers, and systemic or topical
NSAIDS/analgesics/anti-inflammatories. A subject who has recently used oral or topical
steroids, antibiotics, antihistamines, or analgesics may be enrolled if sufficient
time has passed since the last dose (as determined by a member of the study team).
- Any subjects that are pregnant/nursing will be excluded from participation.
- Any condition that would, in the opinion of the study team, place the subject at an
unacceptable risk of injury or render the subject unable to meet the requirements of
the protocol.