TY - JOUR T1 - Occupational allergic contact dermatitis to acrylic fingernails in beauticians JF - Occupational and Environmental Medicine JO - Occup Environ Med SP - 772 LP - 772 DO - 10.1136/oemed-2012-100901 VL - 69 IS - 10 AU - Cataldo Patruno AU - Fabio Ayala AU - Maddalena Napolitano AU - Dario Bianca AU - Nicola Balato Y1 - 2012/10/01 UR - http://oem.bmj.com/content/69/10/772.abstract N2 - The use of artificial nails as part of nail-care cosmetics has gained much popularity in developed countries. Various types of artificial nails are known: preformed nails (press-on nails), nail wrapping (silk nails) and sculptured nails (acrylic nails). Currently, photobonded sculptured nails (‘gel’ nails) are the most in use. In this kind of nails, polymerisation of acrylic monomers, mainly ethyl methacrylate, methyl methacrylate and hydroxyethyl methacrylate, starts by means of a photobonding technique in the presence of a weak ultraviolet source, with benzophenone-3 and -4 as light-absorbing activators.1–4 During a … ER -