ESCALOL 507 (2-Ethylhexyl-4-Dimethylaminobenzoate; Octyl, Dimethyl PABA, Eusolex 6007, Padimate O)

2-Ethylhexyl-4-dimethylaminobenzoate is a chemical primarily used in sunscreens. You have shown a positive allergic reaction to 2-ethylhexyl-4-dimethylaminobenzoate. Avoid contact with this substance.  Here is a partial list of products known to have contained 2-ethylhexyl-4-methylaminobenzoate in the past. To be sure, you should check the contents on the package.

You may be allergic or photoallergic to 2-ethylhexyl-4-dimethylaminobenzoate. If photoallergic, you may not react to 2-ethylhexyl-4-dimethylaminobenzoate alone, but only with light exposure.  In either case you should avoid contact with this agent and with related PABA derivatives.  This includes PABA, padimate A (amyl dimethyl PABA), glycerol PABA.  To avoid these chemicals, you must be instructed to read the labels of all protective agents as well as the other products listed previously and substitute these agents with oxybenzone, sulisobenzone, cinnamates, dibenzoymethane, or salicylates.  Many such “PABA-free” products are available.You should be instructed to make all their health care providers aware that they may have reactions to some medications including: 

2-Ethylhexyl-4-dimethylaminobenzoate is a PABA derivative that is used as a sun-screening agent. Of the PABA group it is the most commonly used agent in sunscreens marketed in the United States.

Other names for 2-ethylhexyl-4-dimethylaminobenzoate: