Abstract
Contact dermatitis is less frequent in barbers than in ladies' hairdressers, due to the much less number of cosmetics used in male hairdressing.
The barber's hair sinus consists of a granulomatous reaction to a cut hair, normally present in an interdigital space.
Surgical treatment is mandatory in a majority of cases.
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Alomar, A., Conde-Salazar, L., Heras, F. (2012). Barbers’ Dermatoses (Barber’s Hair Sinus). In: Rustemeyer, T., Elsner, P., John, SM., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Kanerva's Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02035-3_121
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