Open AccessContact dermatitis due to local cosmetics: A study from Northern India
Author(s) -
Sunita Goyal,
Naheed Sajid,
S Husain
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/ijd.ijd_479_19
Subject(s) - cosmetics , medicine , dermatology , contact dermatitis , incidence (geometry) , patch test , allergy , pathology , immunology , physics , optics
Majority of the cosmetics are synthetic in nature and capable of causing dermatitis among frequent users. Some cosmetics (bindi, sindoor, etc.) that cause serious skin inflammation are specific to Indian culture.