DERMATITIS OF THE EYELIDS

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The Journalhas recently contained several reports dealing with dermatitis of the eyelids caused by eyelash dye. Dermatitis of the eyelids occurs rather frequently; it is usually due to external irritants, but to determine the irritant may be difficult. An experience with four cases seen within a few days of one another prompts this note. All four patients were women who presented inflammations of varying severity, and the exciting agent in each case was different. Case 1 A young woman, a manicurist, shown in the illustration, applied Godfrey's dye to her eyebrows and eyelashes and within a few hours the lids became swollen and red and itched intensely. When she was seen the next day there was severe conjunctivitis with photophobia, and the lids, eyebrow regions and adjacent portions of skin were the seat of an intense vesicular eruption. The skin was edematous and red, and she complained of severe

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