From the Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Trieste, Italy.
Dermatitis. 2019 Mar/Apr;30(2):142-149. doi: 10.1097/DER.0000000000000450.
During work, hairdressers are exposed to several hazardous agents that can cause skin and respiratory symptoms. Because few data are available for long-term follow-up, and none are from Italy, the aim of our study was to investigate occupational symptoms in hairdressers after a 10-year follow-up.
Work-related skin and respiratory symptoms were investigated in 2006 and 2016 by means of a standardized questionnaire and medical examination.
Eighty-two workers completed the 10-year follow-up with a response rate of 86.3%. At follow-up, skin- and respiratory work-related symptoms had increased significantly, involving 40.7% of workers. Skin symptoms increased to 12.5%, throat irritation to 15.6%, and cough to 12.5%. The occurrence of the symptom of skin irritation was significantly related to dryness of the skin at the baseline.
Our long-term follow-up on hairdressers demonstrated an increase in work-related irritant skin and upper respiratory symptoms that involved more than one-third of the population studied. More efforts are needed in prevention activities to promote better ventilation of workplaces, use of less irritating and less sensitizing hair products, and use of moisturizers to prevent dry skin.
在工作中，美发师会接触到多种可能导致皮肤和呼吸道症状的有害制剂。由于长期随访的相关数据较少，且没有来自意大利的数据，因此我们的研究旨在调查美发师在 10 年随访后的职业症状。
于 2006 年和 2016 年采用标准化问卷和体检调查与工作相关的皮肤和呼吸道症状。
82 名工人完成了 10 年随访，应答率为 86.3%。随访时，皮肤和呼吸道与工作相关的症状显著增加，涉及 40.7%的工人。皮肤症状增加到 12.5%，喉咙刺激增加到 15.6%，咳嗽增加到 12.5%。皮肤刺激症状的发生与基线时皮肤干燥显著相关。
我们对美发师进行的长期随访表明，与工作相关的刺激性皮肤和上呼吸道症状增加，超过三分之一的研究人群受到影响。需要在预防活动中投入更多努力，以促进工作场所更好的通风、使用刺激性和致敏性更小的美发产品以及使用保湿剂来预防皮肤干燥。
