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UV Light from Nail Salon Dryers May Provoke Lupus Lesions

Lisa Rapaport  |  

Neither patient received a biopsy or laboratory testing, due to the high clinical suspicion of CLE induced by the UV light exposure.

In both patients, CLE lesions resolved after several weeks, which was typical of when they had CLE lesions at other sites.

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Reference

  1. Keyes E, Grinnell M, Vazquez T, et al. Ultraviolet light exposure from manicures in cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE). Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Sep 23;keab720. Online ahead of print.

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