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Hand Eczema in Hairdressers

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In many industrialized countries, occupational skin diseases are the most frequent occupational disorders, of which 90 % are hand eczemas. Hand eczema in hairdressers has a well-established history. Besides the medical relevance, chronic hand eczemas in the hairdressers’ profession are a high socioeconomic burden for society (Occup Med 54(7):450–7, 2004; Hautarzt 59:690–5, 2008; Wulfhorst B, Bock M, Skudlik C, Wigger-Alberti W, John SM. Prevention of hand eczema: gloves, barrier creams and workers’ education 2011. In: Johansen JD, Frosch PJ, Lepoittevin J-P, editors. Contact dermatitis. Berlin: Springer; 2011. p. 985–1011).

The employees in the hairdressing trade are at a very high risk of contracting occupational skin diseases, particularly occupational hand eczema. Besides exposure to considerable irritating influences typical to the trade, such as repeated or continual hand wet work in combination with detergents and other irritating agents, a high amount of exposure to trade-typical allergens with a high sensitization risk (such as ammonium persulfate, p-phenylenediamine, p-toluenediamine, glyceryl monothioglycolate) exists. Therefore, a patch test to detect sensitizations in affected hairdressers is necessary for both a proper diagnosis and effective prevention of hand eczema and its aggravation. In Germany, an effective multistep prevention strategy has been developed and evaluated.

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  1. Institute for Health Service Research in Dermatology and Nursing Clinical Research-Health Care Research-Health Economics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr.52, Hamburg, 20246, Germany

    Valeska Katinka Buder M.D.

  2. Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, University of Osnabrueck, Sedanstr. 115, Osnabrueck, 49090, Germany

    Christoph Skudlik M.D. & Swen Malte John M.D.

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    Jean-Marie Lachapelle

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Buder, V.K., Skudlik, C., John, S.M. (2014). Hand Eczema in Hairdressers. In: Alikhan, A., Lachapelle, JM., Maibach, H. (eds) Textbook of Hand Eczema. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39546-8_15

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