Contact Allergy to Fragrances

A special issue of Cosmetics (ISSN 2079-9284).

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Dear Colleagues,

Contact allergy to fragrances is a large problem due to the increase of skin susceptibility in people and the use of many fragrances in cosmetics and detergents. A better knowledge of sensitization in large cohorts of patients with allergic contact dermatitis, will help to individuate the more sensitizing fragrances, aiming to suggest a reduction of their use in cosmetics and detergents. A time-trend evaluation in the last 20 years will help to understand the burden of this problem and to verify the changeover of sensitization. Moreover, some occupational groups are at higher risk to develop sensitization to fragrances, due to repeated contact with products contained fragrances. For them, there is the need to increase the use of protective measures to prevent sensitization. The aim of this Special Issue will be to focus on this problem to suggest preventive actions.

Prof. Dr. Francesca Larese Filon
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Keywords

  • fragrances
  • patch test
  • allergic contact dermatitis
  • epidemiology
  • prevention
  • occupation

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Contact Allergy to Fragrances: In Vitro Opportunities for Safety Assessment
by Emanuela Corsini and Valentina Galbiati
Cosmetics 2019, 6(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics6010003 - 4 Jan 2019
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The majority of cosmetic products contain fragrances to make products more pleasant to the consumer, as we all like goods that smell nice. Unfortunately, contact allergy to fragrance compounds is among the most frequent findings in patients with suspected allergic contact dermatitis. In [...] Read more.
The majority of cosmetic products contain fragrances to make products more pleasant to the consumer, as we all like goods that smell nice. Unfortunately, contact allergy to fragrance compounds is among the most frequent findings in patients with suspected allergic contact dermatitis. In order to revert this and to reduce contact allergy to cosmetics, it is imperative to improve safety assessment of cosmetic products for skin sensitization. In the era of animal ban for cosmetic ingredients, this represents a challenge. Luckily, in the last decades, substantial progress has been made in the understanding of the mechanism of chemical-induced contact allergy and several in vitro methods are available for hazard identification. The purpose of this manuscript is to explore the possibility of non-animal testing for quantitative risk assessment of fragrance-induced contact allergy, essential for cosmetic products, which cannot be tested on animals. Full article
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