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(57) [Summary]nThe present invention relates to a skin irritant sequestering composition comprising a tissue substrate, a hydrophilic skin irritant sequestrant and a hydrophobic skin irritant sequestrant. In one embodiment, the sequestering agent comprises modified and unmodified clay. The present invention also includes the step of applying to the stratum corneum of the individual's skin a skin irritating and isolating composition comprising a combination of a substrate, an amount of a hydrophilic and hydrophobic skin irritating agent that sequesters a skin irritant. Methods for sequestering secretory skin irritants are provided. In one embodiment, the skin irritant is bound to a sequestering agent present in the substrate. In another embodiment, the skin irritant is bound to a sequestering agent present in the skin. |