Cosmetic Contact Sensitivity in Patients with Melasma: Results of a Pilot Study

Table 1

Indian Cosmetic and Fragrance Series*.

Sr. number	Allergen
1	Abitol (10%)
2	Amerchol L 101 (50%)
3	Benzyl alcohol (10%)
4	Benzyl salicylate (10%)
5	Bronopol (0.25%)
6	Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) (2.0%)
7	Butylated hydroxytoluene (2.0%)
8	Cetyl alcohol (5.0%)
9	Chloroacetamide (0.2%)
10	Chloroxylenol (0.5%)
11	Gallate mix (1.5%)
12	Geranium oil (2%)
13	Benzophenone (10%)
14	Drometrizole (1.0%)
15	Imidazolidinyl urea (2.0%)
16	Isopropyl myristate (2.0%)
17	Jasmine absolute Egyptian (2.0%)
18	Lavender absolute (2.0%)
19	Musk mix (3.0%)
20	Phenyl salicylate (1.0%)
21	Polyoxyethylene sorbitan (5.0%)
22	Rose oil (2.0%)
23	Sorbic acid (2.0%)
24	Sorbitan monooleate (Span 80) (5.0%)
25	Sorbitan sesquioleate (arlacel 83) (20.0%)
26	Stearyl alcohol (30.0%)
27	Tert-butyl hydroquinone (1.0%)
28	Thiomersal (0.1%)
29	Triclosan (2.0%)
30	Triethanolamine (2.0%)
31	Vanillin (2.0%)
32	Oleamidopropyl dimethylamine (0.4%)
33	Cetrimide (0.5%)
34	Jasmine synthetic (2.0%)
35	Hexamine (2.0%)
36	Control (100%)
37	Chlorhexidine digluconate (0.5%)
38	Phenyl mercuric acetate (0.01%)
39	Cocamidopropyl betaine (1.0%)
40	Diazolidinyl urea (germall II) (2.0%)
41	Ethylene diamine dihydrochloride (1.0%)
42	Quaternium 15 (Dowiell 200) (1.0%)
43	Propylene glycol (5.0%)
44	Kathon CG (1.3%)