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- Title
Hairdressers' occupational skin diseases in the Finnish Register of Occupational Diseases in a period of 14 years.
- Authors
Pesonen, Maria; Koskela, Kirsi; Aalto‐Korte, Kristiina
- Abstract
Background: Hairdressers have a high risk of occupational contact dermatitis caused by exposure to wet work and allergens in hairdressing chemicals. Objectives: To examine the distribution of diagnoses of occupational skin diseases (OSDs) and their main causes in hairdressers based on a national register data on occupational diseases. Methods: We retrieved cases of recognized OSDs in hairdressers from the Finnish Register of Occupational Diseases (FROD) in years 2005‐2018. Results: During the 14‐year period, a total of 290 cases of recognized OSD in hairdressers were registered in the FROD. Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) was diagnosed in 54%, irritant contact dermatitis in 44%, and contact urticaria (CU) in 5% of them. ACD was most commonly caused by hair dye products and their ingredients (N = 57), persulfates (N = 35), and preservatives (N = 35; mainly isothiazolinones). Acrylates emerged as hairdressers' occupational contact allergens (N = 8) probably due to introduction of structure nails into hair salons. Persulfates was the most common cause of CU. Conclusions: ACD was the most common OSD in hairdressers. Our analysis confirms that preservatives are important causes of ACD in hairdressers in addition to hair dye products and persulfates. Acrylates emerged as hairdressers' occupational contact allergens, but contact allergy to perming agents remained rare.
- Subjects
OCCUPATIONAL diseases; HAIRDRESSERS; REPORTING of diseases; SKIN diseases; NAIL salons
- Publication
Contact Dermatitis (01051873), 2021, Vol 84, Issue 4, p236
- ISSN
0105-1873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cod.13732