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Bechet45 said:Does it matter which ingredient you react to?
chrisbell said:Bechet45 said:Does it matter which ingredient you react to?
Sorry to sound patronising, Carl, but yes, if the OP wants to avoid other products with the same ingredient.:icon_rolleyes::angel:
Bechet45 said:chrisbell said:Bechet45 said:Does it matter which ingredient you react to?
Sorry to sound patronising, Carl, but yes, if the OP wants to avoid other products with the same ingredient.:icon_rolleyes::angel:
Another Degree in Stating the Bleeding Obvious! Can you spot the flaws in your theory, Chris?
If content lists were accurate and contained ALL the specific ingredients - no catch-alls such as 'fragrance' and 'perfume' - you may stand a chance. If you had your own equipment to analyse the contents, a bigger chance. Even then, you might be caught out by 'this product was made usisng equipment also used for processing nuts' and the like.
As one who reacts adversely to various and assorted products, I can state that the pragmatic approach is to avoid those you know affect you in ways you don't like. For me, the problem lies in the perfumes and who knows what goes into making a particular scent by a particular manufacturer. One lavender I can take without a problem, another I can't.
IanM said:From memory, I seem to recall that a few people react to almond/marzipan scented products.
Ian
IanM said:From memory, I seem to recall that a few people react to almond/marzipan scented products.
Ian
Count of Undolpho said:IanM said:From memory, I seem to recall that a few people react to almond/marzipan scented products.
Ian
My brother, who is allergic to almonds can eat yellow marzipan but not white?!?
Sugar, almonds (25%), glucose syrup, invert sugar syrup
Sugar, almonds (25%), glucose syrup, invert sugar syrup, colour lutein
Bechet45 said:Without wishing to go all medical (Chris, please note) are we differentiating between allergic, 'intolerant of' and 'sensitive to'?
I keep several scented soaps and gels in my shower tray and chose a different one every few days. This enables me to use scented soaps. Were I to use one cake from start to its finish, my face would be a bright red and have sores. The same technique works with shaving soaps and creams (except ones to which I react instantly). So I can buy and use many products to which I am sensitive and some I've had to junk immediately.
Back in the day, I was tested against hundreds of products, ingredients, substances and naturally occuring stuff. I was intolerant of one hundred and fifty-ish. Three months of carefully avoiding those items and I was down to ten of them. De-sensitisation. That way worked but cost several hundred Pounds.
What I do nowadays is to avoid stuff to which I react again after a period of abstinence after an initial reaction. Stuff that the manufacturer describes as containing, "100% natural ingredients" and/or as "herbal" I put back on the shelf. Fuck knows what I'm reacting to and who cares? Certainly not me. I avoid the product.
Now, were I allergic to stuff and got all choked up and couldn't breathe and my life was at risk, I'd need to know exactly which substance I was allergic to so I could avoid it and stay alive. But I don't think that is what the OP is talking about.
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