Chemical allergies increasingly presenting as eczema or swelling of the eyelids

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Eczema of the eyelids? Think chemical allergy

By: DOUG BRUNK, Skin & Allergy News Digital Network
Apr. 22, 2013

AT THE AACS ANNUAL MEETING

LAS VEGAS ? If a patient presents with eczema of the eyelids, or swollen eyelids that don?t respond to topical steroids, think about sending them for chemical testing, advised Dr. Janet M. Neigel.

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Dr. Neigel speculated that the reaction in such cases is localized to the eyelid because "it?s the thinnest skin in the body. It?s the most sensitive, and for some reason, the patients I?m seeing only have reactions there," she noted...