Persistent contact dermatitis following use of laurel oil

Erythema multiforme‐like allergic contact dermatitis from bay leaves in a home‐made natural remedy

“…6,8 A biopsy of the patch test reaction showed EM features in one. 8 After reviewing the remaining reports, in some cases we identified coalescing urticarial papules 9,10,12 ; lesions likely triggered by pressure, 12 which could be due to koebnerization as described in EM; or pigmentation, 4,5 which may be a sign of cytotoxic epidermal damage. Clear-cut target-like EM-lesions were not, however, described.…”

“…We reviewed the English literature regarding allergic CD to bay leaf-based products from 2000 to 2023 and identified 10 cases in 10 publications [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] (Table S1). Seven were female.…”