Hair product use in systemic lupus erythematosus. A case-control study

✍ Scribed by Michelle Petri; Jill Allbritton

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 422 KB
• Volume: 35
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-3591
• DOI: 10.1002/art.1780350605

✦ Synopsis

Objective. We sought to determine if hair product use is associated with the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and whether SLE patients who use hair products have more severe disease.

Method. A questionnaire on hair product use was administered to 218 members of the Hopkins Lupus Cohort, 178 firstor second-degree relatives, and 186 best friends of the patients.

Results. There was no significant difference in exposure to hair dye or hair permanent in SLE patients before the diagnosis of SLE as compared with controls, nor were there any significant differences in measures of SLE disease activity in patients who used hair products after their diagnosis versus those who did not.

Conclusion. Exposure to hair dyes and hair permanents is not associated with the development of lupus. No hair product is associated with SLE disease activity after diagnosis.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystemic autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. An SLE-like syndrome can be induced by drugs that

From the Division of Molecular and Clinical Rheumatol-