@article{Araújo_Resende_Pereira_Brito_2015, title={ALLERGIC CONTACT DERMATITIS TO AN EYELID SHADOW}, volume={73}, url={https://revista.spdv.com.pt/index.php/spdv/article/view/352}, DOI={10.29021/spdv.73.1.352}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> The published percentage of patients with eyelid dermatitis from cosmetic exposure lies between 2.5% and 26%. Pigmented make-up may contain metal allergens, including nickel, chromium and cobalt.</p><p><strong>Case report:</strong> A 52-year-old atopic woman, hairdresser, with a 7-month history of itching, erythema and scaling of both eyelids. Her medical history revealed earlobe dermatitis in childhood. She was referred for patch-testing in our contact allergy department with baseline series from Portuguese Contact Dermatitis group (GPEDC), cosmetic and hairdresser series and the patient´s own products in semi-open test. Positive reactions were observed to nickel sulphate 5% in petrolatum (++ at D3) and valentina D kejal®, grey eye shadow (++ at D3).</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Cosmetics are a potentially sensitizing source, on thin facial skin and especially for atopic woman, who have a damaged skin barrier that may favour penetration of allergens, allowing lower nickel concentrations, even as a contaminant, to trigger an eyelid reaction.</p&gt;}, number={1}, journal={Journal of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology}, author={Araújo, Catarina and Resende, Cristina and Pereira, Teresa and Brito, Celeste}, year={2015}, month={Jun.}, pages={119-122} }