Free Article- Cosmetic Contact Allergens by An Goossens!
This is a FREE open access article that discusses common and not so common allergens in cosmetics. Section 3.2.2. discusses preservatives:
“Shifts in frequency of positive patch-test reactions have occurred over the years [6 ], but more
recently methylisothiazolinone (MI), in particular … weaker sensitizer… less efficient …
hence larger use concentrations … severe skin lesions and atypical clinical
symptoms, leading to a delay in the correct diagnosis (e.g., [8 ]), and respiratory …”
“The incidence of positive reactions to formaldehyde—”
3.21. discusses fragrances:
“Myroxylon pereirae (balsam of Peru), colophonium, hydroperoxides of limonene and linalool, terpene compounds that act as prehaptens…”
Cosmetic Contact Allergens
By An Goossens
“This article presents trends in the frequency of cosmetics as causal factors of allergic contact dermatitis during a 26-year period in 14,911 patients patch-tested between 1990 and 2014, and discusses the cosmetic allergens identified during the last six years (2010–2015) in 603 patients out of 3105 tested. The data were retrieved from, and evaluated with, a patient database developed in-house. The results show the increasing importance of cosmetic allergies, up to 25% of the patients tested during the last five-year period. As expected, fragrance materials, preservatives, and hair dyes were the most frequent culprits, but a great variety of other allergenic ingredients were involved as well. This underlines the need of additional and extensive patch testing with the patient’s products used and their ingredients.”
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http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9284/3/1/5
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