Nail staining from hydroquinone cream

✍ Scribed by Selim M Ozluer; James Muir

• Book ID: 104469029
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 62 KB
• Volume: 41
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-8380
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2000.00448.x

✦ Synopsis

SUMMARY

Topical hydroquinone is used in the treatment of a number of skin conditions. A 33‐year‐old male presented with brown discolouration of the fingernails following the application of 4% hydroquinone in sorbolene cream and 0.1% tretinoin cream to the face intermittently for 9 months. The discolouration resolved when the creams were ceased.