Contact dermatitis due to Para-Phenylenediamine (PPD) on a temporal tat too with Henna. Cross re ac tion to azoic dyes.
María Cristina Di Prisco1, Lluis Puig2 and Agustín Alomar2.
1Instituto de Biomedicina (MSDS-UCV), Laboratorio de Inmunopatología yConsulta de Alergia, Universidad Cen tral de Ven e zuela. Ca ra cas, Ven e zuela y
2Servicio de Dermatología, Hos pi tal de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Bar ce lona, España.
Abstract. Henna is used as a hair dye and to make tem po rary tat toos on the skin. It is usu ally mixed with p-phenylendiamine (PPD) to in crease col our in ten sity and to re duce the time of fix a tion on the skin pro teins. PPD can cross re act with azoic dyes which are used as tex tile dyes. We stud ied a patient with skin ec zema in the area of a henna tem po rary tat too.
Escrito por Antonio Rondon Lugo el 29 de octubre de 2006 con comentarios no permitidos
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