Topical minoxidil sensitization in androgenic alopecia

Ah, van der Willigen; Ro, Dutrée-Meulenberg; Stolz, E.; Am, Geursen-Reitsma; T, van Joost

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0536.1987.tb02644.x

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“…Previous reports have suggested that the active ingredient, minoxidil, was the more common allergen. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18] However, it should be noted that the series of allergens utilized in these studies were not consistent and the patient numbers were small. Our patch test study was specifically designed to determine whether each individual patient was allergic to minoxidil or propylene glycol.…”

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Allergic contact dermatitis to topical minoxidil solution: Etiology and treatment

Friedman

Cohen

et al. 2002

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

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Allergic contact dermatitis to topical minoxidil solution: Etiology and treatment

Friedman

Cohen

et al. 2002

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

164

103

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“…It is also necessary to exclude the possibility of contact hypersensitivity to some other constituent of the commercial solution rather than minoxidil itself. The commercial minoxidil has propylene glycol and ethyl alcohols as base and till now 4 patients have been recorded who were allergic to propylene glycol rather than minoxidil [7].…”

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confidence: 99%

Acneform eruptions with use of minoxidil-a case report

et al. 2016

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A 32 year male patient resident of Andaman and Nicobar Islands presented to the dermatology OPD with the chief complaints of acneform eruptions since 1 month after the use of Minoxidil/Aminexil 5% solution for the treatment of Alopecia which he had since 6 months. Diagnosis of androgenic alopecia was made based on the clinical examination and hence treatment with tablet Finpecia (Finasteride) 1mg once daily and 5% Minoxidil/ Aminexil topical solution 1ml thrice daily local application was advised and patient was asked to come back for follow up after a period of 2 months, but the patient returned after 1 month of treatment with the complaints of comedonic eruptions on forehead.

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“…After the first report by Weiss et a!. (1) in 1984 on a patient with alopecia areata treated with 1% minoxidil, as far as we are aware, 35 cases of allergic contact dermatitis from this drug have been published in the literature (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19) (Table 1). In addition, some cases of irritant contact dermatitis (17,19) and 1 case of photoallergic contact dermatitis (4) have been reported.…”

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confidence: 99%