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p-Phenylenediamine-Free Hair Dye?—Misleading Labelling Causing Allergic Contact Dermatitis

Iamsumang, Wimolsiri ; Bertilsson, Kevin ; Dahlin, Jakob LU ; Promsena, Pichamon ; Srisuwanwattana, Ploychompoo ; Svetvilas, Pranee ; Wattanakrai, Penpun ; Antelmi, Annarita LU ; Svedman, Cecilia LU and Sukakul, Thanisorn LU orcid (2025) In Contact Dermatitis
Abstract

We report three cases of contact allergy to a mislabelled hair dye product. A hair dye product labelled as p-phenylenediamine-free has been found to contain p-phenylenediamine by a chemical analysis at the level above the limits allowed in the product.

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keywords
allergic contact dermatitis, case report, case series, contact allergy, cosmetics, high-performance liquid chromatography, labelling, p-phenylenediamine, PPD-free hair dye
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Contact Dermatitis
publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
external identifiers
  • pmid:40390330
  • scopus:105005792542
ISSN
0105-1873
DOI
10.1111/cod.14813
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English
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yes
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Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Contact Dermatitis published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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2025-07-04 08:08:18
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  author       = {{Iamsumang, Wimolsiri and Bertilsson, Kevin and Dahlin, Jakob and Promsena, Pichamon and Srisuwanwattana, Ploychompoo and Svetvilas, Pranee and Wattanakrai, Penpun and Antelmi, Annarita and Svedman, Cecilia and Sukakul, Thanisorn}},
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  keywords     = {{allergic contact dermatitis; case report; case series; contact allergy; cosmetics; high-performance liquid chromatography; labelling; p-phenylenediamine; PPD-free hair dye}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Contact Dermatitis}},
  title        = {{p-Phenylenediamine-Free Hair Dye?—Misleading Labelling Causing Allergic Contact Dermatitis}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cod.14813}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/cod.14813}},
  year         = {{2025}},
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