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Contact dermatitis due to cosmetics and their ingredients
A Dogra, YC Minocha, VK Sood, SP Dewan
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| How to cite this article: Dogra A, Minocha Y C, Sood V K, Dewan S P. Contact dermatitis due to cosmetics and their ingredients. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 1994;60:72-75 |
Copyright: (C)1994 Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology
Abstract
Patches of common cosmetics like lipstick, sindhoor, cold cream, eyebrow pencil, rouge, bindi and their ingredients including methyl paraben, colophony, para phenylene diamine, balsam peru, cetostearyl alcohol, formaldehyde, lanolin, beeswax and liquid paraffin were applied in 200 females. Ingredients of cosmetics showed more frequent sensitivity as compared to the cosmetics applied as such. Para phenylene diamine (35%) being the most common allergen followed by balsam peru (22.5%) and parabens (19.25%). The least common allergen was liquid paraffin (0.5%). Among cosmetics, the most common agent was sindhoor (5.5%) followed by lipstick (5.1%) cold cream (3.75%) rouge (2%), bindi (1.75%) and eyebrow pencil (1.5%)
Keywords: Cosmetics, Ingredients, Contact Dermatitis
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