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Article: Research from A.R. Santos and co-researchers provides new data on allergic contact dermatitis.
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- Immunotherapy Weekly
- Article date:
- September 10, 2008
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According to a study from Spain, "We report three new cases of allergic contact dermatitis due to vitamins in cosmetic creams."
"The first patient was diagnosed with worsening rosacea but had allergic contact dermatitis from alpha-tocopherol in a moisturizing cream. The second and third cases presented as acute eyelid dermatitis due to vitamin K in eyelid lifter creams," wrote A.R. Santos and colleagues (see also Allergic Contact Dermatitis).
The researchers concluded: "Repeated open application testing and patch tests with the actual products and individual components of the creams were useful in establishing the diagnosis."
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