Textile-Dye and Colored-Textile Allergic Contact Dermatitis

Abstract

This paper provides results of a study that focused on establishing that patients had ‘colored clothing allergic contact dermatitis (ACD)’ by finding those dyes each patient was patch-test-positive to in that patient’s suspected colored textile. It advocates the use of the term ‘textile-dye ACD’ to name cases of ACD in which the patient’s skin eruption is due to direct contact with dye molecules and the use of the term ‘colored-textile ACD’ to name cases in which the patient’s skin eruption was due to transfer of dye from a textile to the skin.