Tosylamide/Formaldehyde Resin
Severity 6/10Editorialfilm former (nail)
Is Tosylamide/Formaldehyde Resin safe?
Tosylamide/Formaldehyde Resin is prohibited in cosmetic products in the EU (CosIng Annex II), with documented concerns: allergy risk.
In plain language
The nail-polish resin behind many mysterious eyelid rashes (transferred by touch); '5-free' polishes omit it.
A Caredermis plain-language explanation to help you read the label — not a regulator statement. The sourced facts are the classifications and status shown on this page.
Documented concerns
Concerns marked Editorialare Caredermis' own dermatological review; the rest are drawn from official data — see the cited sources ↓
Allergy risk
Editorial6/10A leading cause of nail-polish allergy — often appearing as eyelid or neck dermatitis.
Official regulatory status
Pulled directly from official regulatory datasets and expert reviews — not our own judgement.
Guidance by skin profile
Caredermis editorial guidance based on the concerns above — checked against the official records on every build, but not itself a regulator statement.
- Sensitive skinHigh caution
- Oily & acne-proneNo specific concern
- Dry skinNo specific concern
- PregnancyNo specific concern
- Babies & kidsNo specific concern
- Eczema-proneHigh caution
Sources
Each authority below is shown only because our ingested copy of its data lists Tosylamide/Formaldehyde Resin — not because we asserted it. Follow a link to verify the classification or regulation directly.
See our methodology for how these map to concern levels. Informational only — not medical advice.
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