Contact dermatitis from swimming goggles.

This article presents a case study related to contact dermatitis from swimming goggles. A 42-year-old housewife went swimming on medical advice once a week. 2 weeks previously, an eyelid edema had begun 5 hours after wearing black rubber swimming goggles. The edema disappeared spontaneously after 24 hours. A week later, after wearing the same goggles, the patient immediately noticed intense itching. An intense eczema with erythematous, scaly, exudative lesions and evident eyelid edema appeared 2 hours later.