• Jakob Dahlin, Berit Berne, Kari Dunér, Sara Hosseiny, Mihály Matura, Gunnar Nyman, Monica Tammela, and Marléne Isaksson.
• Department of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Skåne University Hospital, 205 02, Malmö, Sweden.
• Contact Derm. 2016 Sep 1; 75 (3): 151-6.

BackgroundUltraviolet (UV)-curing nail polishes based on acrylates or methacrylates are currently also available for non-professional use. The Swedish Medical Products Agency recently prohibited one brand of UV-curing polish, because several consumers reported undesirable effects after using it.ObjectivesTo investigate whether consumers with undesirable effects after using the UV-curing nail polish that was later prohibited were contact allergic to the polish and its individual ingredients.Materials/MethodsEight patients who had reported severe skin reactions after the use of the UV-curing polish were patch tested with two coatings of the nail polish and its ingredients at five dermatology departments in Sweden.ResultsAll patients tested except one showed contact allergic reactions to one or several of the acrylate-based or methacrylate-based ingredients in the nail polish.ConclusionsThe non-professional use of UV-curing nail polishes poses a risk of sensitization from acrylates and methacrylates.© 2016 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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