Contact Eczema Due to Nail Polish

Dobes, William L.

doi:10.1001/archderm.1944.01510090029005

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“…Thirty patients with reactions to nail polish were patch tested with 29 nail lacquers and some of the component ingredients (details of the patch testing were not provided; this study was also performed in the early 1940s). 25 Nitrocellulose elicited a reaction in 9 of the patients and was a primary irritant. Ten control participants had negative reactions to the nail polishes and the individual ingredients.…”

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Safety Assessment of Nitrocellulose and Collodion as Used in Cosmetics

Fiume¹,

Bergfeld²,

Belsito³

et al. 2016

Int J Toxicol

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The Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel (the Panel) assessed the safety of nitrocellulose and collodion as used in cosmetics, concluding that these ingredients are safe in the present practices of use and concentration in cosmetic formulations. Both ingredients are used almost exclusively in nail product formulations. The maximum concentration of use of nitrocellulose in nail polish and enamels is 22%; for collodion, the maximum reported concentration of use in nail polish and enamel is 14%. The Panel reviewed available animal and clinical data in making its determination of safety.

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Section: Provocative Testingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Safety Assessment of Nitrocellulose and Collodion as Used in Cosmetics

Fiume¹,

Bergfeld²,

Belsito³

et al. 2016

Int J Toxicol

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“…Lipstick sensitivity accounted for more than twice this number. Nail varnish was found by Dobes and Lippert (1944) to be the most frequent cause of dermatitis of eyelids in women.…”

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“…Lipstick sensitivity accounted for more than twice this number. Nail varnish was found by Dobes and Lippert (1944) to be the most frequent cause of dennatitis of eyelids in women. Miller and Taussig (1925) appear to have been the first to report dermatitis following the use of nail \"amish.…”

Section: Nail Varnish Napier Thorne MD ~Mermentioning

confidence: 99%