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Occupational dermatitis in hairdressers

Hairdresser's dermatitis remains one of the major problems in occupational dermatology. Occupational hand dermatitis tends to develop shortly after starting hair¬ ; ; ; ; dressing, and hose affected being mostly young women. The incidence of patch test reactions to occupational hairdressers allergens at the Clinic of Clinical Immunology, Allergology and Professional Skin Disease, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Zagreb, University Hospital Center, during the 2000-2004 period. Material and methods: During 5-year period 153 (89 hairdressers and 64 hairdressers’ students) patients presented with hand eczema were patch tested with a standard, hair¬ ; ; ; ; dressers series and individual hairdressers products according to the recommendations of the International Contact Dermatitis Research Group (ICDRG). There were 148 females and 5 males ; aged 15-52 (mean 24). The mean age of hairdressers was 29 years and hairdressers’ students 17 years. The frequency of atopy amount hairdressers and hairdressers’ students was 9%. A total of 113 (74%) patients (62 hairdressers and 51 hairdresser students) showed positive reaction to standard patch test series, and 38 (25%) patients (12 hairdressers and 26 hairdressers’ students) showed positive reaction to commercial hairdressers’ allergens and individual hair¬ ; ; ; ; dressers’ product. The most frequent allergens in standard series in both hairdressers and hairdressers students were: paraphenylene-diamine-(45), followed by the nickel-sul¬ ; ; ; ; fate (18), cobalt chloride (30), detergents (21).The most frequent occupational allergens were: para-aminophenol-20 (4 hairdresser, 16 students) ; ammonium persulphate-19 (4 hairdresser, 15 students) ; ortho-nitro-paraphenylenediamine-13 (2 hairdresser, 11 stu¬ ; ; ; ; dents) and ammonium-thioglycolate-8 (2 hairdresser, 6 students). Our results showed an increased incidence of contact allergy to hair¬ ; ; ; ; dressers’ allergens in hairdresser students. Because of the great individual importance and the high socioeconomic impact (lost working hours, costs of treatment, retraining of workers compensation), improved primary prevention, early patch testing and allergen avoidance is an important goal.

cccupational dermatitis; hairdressers; patch testing

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