Permanent make-up colorants may cause severe skin reactions

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 223-227

  Wenzel, Sabrina M ^a   Welzel, Julia ^b   Hafner, Christian ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Bäumler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

adverse reaction; CAS no. 2379 74 0; CI 73360; cosmetic tattooing; permanent make up; prick testing

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; COSMETIC; INK; MOMETASONE FUROATE; PIGMENT RED 181; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIP; PAPULE; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SWELLING; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TATTOO;

AGED; COLORING AGENTS; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; TATTOOING; THIOPHENES;

EID: 77956503442     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01799.x     Document Type: Article

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