Irritant contact dermatitis complicated by deep-seated staphylococcal infection caused by a hair relaxer.
Chemical hair relaxers are used by many women to straighten their hair. We describe a case of a deep soft tissue staphylococcal abscess that complicated an irritant contact dermatitis from a hair relaxer treatment.
Kaur
Birinder J
BJ
Department of Internal Medicine, Jersey City Medical Center, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, NJ 07304, USA.
Singh
Harmeet
H
Lin-Greenberg
Alan
A
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D017453:Dermatitis, Irritant / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006203:Hair Preparations / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus
D006203:Hair Preparations