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Contact allergy to 4‐isopropyl dibenzoylmethane and 3‐(4′‐methylbenzylidene) camphor in the sunscreen Eusolex 8021
Author(s) -
Groot Anton C.,
Walle Henk B.,
Jagtman Berend A.,
Weyland J. Willem
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1987.tb01447.x
Subject(s) - dibenzoylmethane , contact allergy , camphor , isopropyl , dermatology , allergy , medicine , allergic contact dermatitis , contact dermatitis , cosmetics , chemistry , traditional medicine , organic chemistry , immunology , pathology
10 cases of contact allergy from the sunscreen Eusolex 8021® are reported. 5 patients were sensitized to a lipstick, 4 to a sunscreen cream, and 1 reacted to several cosmetic creams. Of 9 patients tested with the 2 ingredients of Eusolex 8021®, 5 proved to be allergic to both (chemically unrelated) constituents: 4‐isopropyl‐dibenzoylmethane and 3‐(4′‐methylbenzylidene) camphor; 4 were allergic to 4‐isopropyl‐dibenzoylmethane only. Contact allergy to this recently introduced broad spectrum sunscreen may not be rare. The relevant literature is reviewed.