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Cutaneous Side Effects of Oral Contraceptives
J. E. Jelinek, MD
Arch Dermatol. 1970;101(2):181-186.
Abstract
Oral contraceptives now taken regularly by millions of women produce may cutaneous side effects. This review discusses those which seem clearly related to the taking of the medication— melasma, acne, genital moniliasis, photosensitivity, telangiectasis, herpes gestationis, and alopecia— and those in which the association is probable— namely, erythema nodosum, purpura, and the lupus erythematosus syndrome.
Reported association with other conditions, including alopecia areata, hypertrophic gingivitis, and malignant melanoma, is discussed, although the putative evidence for the relationship between these diseases and oral contraceptives seems adequately explainable by chance.
The possible mechanisms of the various side effects is discussed, and, where appropriate, therapeutic modalities are outlined.
Author Affiliations
New York
From the Department of Dermatology, New York University, New York.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 7, 1969.
Read before the 12th Annual Meeting of the Noah Worcester Dermatological Society, Paradise Island, Nassau, March 21, 1969.
Reprint requests to 15 W 12th St, New York 10011.
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