Wet Wrap Therapy in Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis

Authors: 

Noreen Heer Nicol, Mark Boguniewicz

Key points:

- Atopic dermatitis (AD) remains a complex, common, chronic, and relapsing skin disorder,

and a global public health problem.

- National and international guidelines address AD care in a stepwise fashion. Wet wrap

therapy (WWT) is a therapeutic intervention for moderate to severe AD.

- WWT plays an important role as an acute therapeutic intervention for management of

moderate to severe AD used with undiluted topical corticosteroids of appropriate

potency.

- WWT should not be used for mild AD or as a chronic or maintenance therapy.

- WWT should be considered as a treatment option ahead of the systemic therapies for pa-

tients failing conventional topical therapy.

DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2016.08.003