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Article: Contact dermatitis on face could be caused by variety of allergens.
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- Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
- Article date:
- March 14, 2004
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2004 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The irony of facial contact dermatitis is that, in search of a cause, patients often overlook what was once literally right in front of them.
Since allergic reactions can take several days to develop after initial exposure, the substance responsible for the dermatitis on the face has plenty of time for a clean getaway.
Speaking at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), dermatologist Susan T. Nedorost, MD, director, Contact Dermatitis Program and Patch Test Clinic, Department of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, discussed some of the common causes of ...