title: Allergic onycholysis and paronychia caused by cyanoacrylate nail glue, but not by photobonded methacrylate nails.
abstract: Artificial acrylic nails may induce side effects such as fingertip dermatitis, periungual dermatitis, onycholysis, paresthesiae, Raynaud's phenomenon, ectopic facial involvement, and allergic contact dermatitis. We present a patient who developed allergic onycholysis from a cyanoacrylate used in a nail adhesive. She was able to use photobonded sculptured nails because they contain methacrylates that do not cross-react with cyanoacrylates.
authors.affiliation: Section of Dermatology Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 aA, FIN-00250 Helsinki, Finland. Lasse.Kanerva@occuphealth.fi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kanerva
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Estlander
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003358:Cosmetics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003487:Cyanoacrylates / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017449:Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D010304:Paronychia / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics; D003487:Cyanoacrylates