Allergic contact dermatitis caused by acrylates in nail cosmetic products: Case reports and review of the literatures

Allergic contact dermatitis caused by acrylates in nail cosmetic products: Case reports and review of the literatures

Acrylates are esters of acrylic acid, which are potent sensitizers that can cause occupational allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) in dental personnel. More recently, an increasing number of cases of both occupational and non-occupational ACD in beauty industry are observed. Here we present three case...

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Main Authors: Yi-Tsz Lin, Shih-Wei Tsai, Ching-Wen Yang, Yu-Hsian Tseng, Chia-Yu Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-12-01
Series:Dermatologica Sinica
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811717303117
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spelling doaj-78c3516dd40e411a8d59df70e25980a32020-11-25T02:31:28ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsDermatologica Sinica1027-81172018-12-01364218221Allergic contact dermatitis caused by acrylates in nail cosmetic products: Case reports and review of the literaturesYi-Tsz Lin0Shih-Wei Tsai1Ching-Wen Yang2Yu-Hsian Tseng3Chia-Yu Chu4Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, TaiwanInstitute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, TaiwanInstitute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Corresponding author.Acrylates are esters of acrylic acid, which are potent sensitizers that can cause occupational allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) in dental personnel. More recently, an increasing number of cases of both occupational and non-occupational ACD in beauty industry are observed. Here we present three cases of ACD to acrylate and its derivatives in both nail beauticians and do-it-yourself gel nail users due to exposure to nail cosmetics presenting with chronic hand eczema with severe pulpitis and even nail dystrophy with patch-test-confirmed diagnosis. Chemical analysis of commercial nail cosmetic products has been done in one of the patients and successfully identified 2-hydroxypropyl acrylate as the contact allergen. Keywords: Acrylic acid, Acrylate, Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD), Methacrylate, Nail cosmetic productshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811717303117
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Shih-Wei Tsai
Ching-Wen Yang
Yu-Hsian Tseng
Chia-Yu Chu
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Shih-Wei Tsai
Ching-Wen Yang
Yu-Hsian Tseng
Chia-Yu Chu
Allergic contact dermatitis caused by acrylates in nail cosmetic products: Case reports and review of the literatures
Dermatologica Sinica
author_facet Yi-Tsz Lin
Shih-Wei Tsai
Ching-Wen Yang
Yu-Hsian Tseng
Chia-Yu Chu
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title Allergic contact dermatitis caused by acrylates in nail cosmetic products: Case reports and review of the literatures
title_short Allergic contact dermatitis caused by acrylates in nail cosmetic products: Case reports and review of the literatures
title_full Allergic contact dermatitis caused by acrylates in nail cosmetic products: Case reports and review of the literatures
title_fullStr Allergic contact dermatitis caused by acrylates in nail cosmetic products: Case reports and review of the literatures
title_full_unstemmed Allergic contact dermatitis caused by acrylates in nail cosmetic products: Case reports and review of the literatures
title_sort allergic contact dermatitis caused by acrylates in nail cosmetic products: case reports and review of the literatures
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Dermatologica Sinica
issn 1027-8117
publishDate 2018-12-01
description Acrylates are esters of acrylic acid, which are potent sensitizers that can cause occupational allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) in dental personnel. More recently, an increasing number of cases of both occupational and non-occupational ACD in beauty industry are observed. Here we present three cases of ACD to acrylate and its derivatives in both nail beauticians and do-it-yourself gel nail users due to exposure to nail cosmetics presenting with chronic hand eczema with severe pulpitis and even nail dystrophy with patch-test-confirmed diagnosis. Chemical analysis of commercial nail cosmetic products has been done in one of the patients and successfully identified 2-hydroxypropyl acrylate as the contact allergen. Keywords: Acrylic acid, Acrylate, Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD), Methacrylate, Nail cosmetic products
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811717303117
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