BACKGROUND Methylisothiazolinone (MI) contact allergy is severely affecting consumers with allergic contact dermatitis, owing to its presence in cosmetics, household detergents, and water-based paints, in particular. Data on the true isothiazolinone concentrations in these products are scarce, and labelling may be incorrect. OBJECTIVES To report on the MI concentrations in such products marke...

Pump-type containers are easy to use and also hygienic because the contents do not contact with the air. In this regard, pump-type containers are widely used from detergent to cosmetics. However, sometimes users have to throw the lotions away even if there is still remaining lotion in containers. Thus there is a need to take the measures against the pumptype containers that cause a waste. An ex...

It is known that cosmetics and skin care products can cause adverse skin reactions. However, the frequency of adverse reactions reported to the Medical Product Agency (MPA) in Sweden is low. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the occurrence of adverse skin reactions to cosmetics among patients referred for standard patch testing owing to suspected contact dermatitis in general, mo...

Background: Cosmetics have been used since the oldest known civilizations, and nowadays almost everybody resorts to beauty products.. Reactions to cosmetics constitute a small but significant number of cases of contact dermatitis that can present with varied appearances. Aims and objective: evaluate cosmetic dermatitis using cosmetics. Methods: The study was performed over a period of 6 months,...

Scientists, in their professional capacity, are trained to be firm when it comes to differentiating between facts and beliefs. The scientific community accepts only carefully collected and reproducible results. Of course, there is often speculation about what these results mean, but such extrapolations must be based on facts and analysed in the context of a hypothesis. That is the virtually uni...

Trace amounts of potentially toxic metals can be either intentionally added to cosmetics or present as impurities in the raw materials. In the present study, the levels of lead, cadmium, nickel, chromium, and mercury have been assessed in 28 body creams and lotions, 10 powders, 3 soaps, 5 eye make-ups, and 4 lipsticks widely available on Nigerian markets. The increases over suggested or mandate...

Conclusion Cosmetics and food products share a range of ingredients known as causes of delayed type allergy. The possibility of systemic reactivation of allergic contact dermatitis by ingesting food products containing the same haptens as cosmetics should be considered in patients with confirmed contact allergy to cosmetic ingredients, who also demonstrate a disseminated, flexural or intertrigi...