An epidemic of allergic contact dermatitis from epilating products

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 360-

  Goossens, An ^a   Milpied Homsi, Brigitte ^b   Le Coz, Christophe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; CORTICOSTEROID; COSMETIC; ROSIN;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATCH TEST; REACTION ANALYSIS; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ALLERGENS; BELGIUM; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FRANCE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 18244400152     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2001.450611.x     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Contact dermatitis sentinel network by GERDA
2. Contact allergy due to colophony (V). Patch-test results with different types of colophony and modified-colophony products
3. Occupational allergic contact dermatitis from colophony in depilatory wax
4. Contact allergy to ester gums in cosmetics
5. Patch testing with allergens from modified rosin (colophony) discloses additional cases of contact allergy