DYSHIDROSIS
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Fisher's Contact Dermatitis - 4th ed has a nice list for 
     lowering nickel ingestion. 
     
     Mark Crowe, MD
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Many great ideas for hand care. Two more that I like:
1. I warn patients about soaps... but had not thought to warn them 
about shampoo until a patient taught me that it was a problem for 
the hands. For pts with bad hand dermatitis I now add that they 
should not shampoo without vinyl gloves. Shampoo is designed to remove
excess hair oil... 
2. I wash my hands many times a day and, particularly in the winter,
I get severely dry hands. For therapy I wash my hands, shake off
the excess water, squirt a moisturizer on my wet hands, rub it in
for a few seconds, and then use a towel to wipe off the excess.
Quick, effective and does not leave a greasy residue.
If I do this 5 or 10 times a day I find I can turn my hands around
in a few days. 

     Mark Crowe, MD
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I believe the Archives of Dermatology in the early seventies had a detailed
diet. I have never found anyone able to follow it strictly.

gary salenger
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Trey, could you educate some of us about  "masking fragrances". Can
patients who test positive to fragrance safely use/not use products with a
mask?  

Diane Thaler
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