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Most of trunks I tried, even those which claim to be 100% cotton, caused me allergy, mostly itching. Are there any underwear brands which are known not to cause skin allergy?
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moon53540 Allergic
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Do you get a rash where the elastic rests on your abdomen?
Allergic moon53540
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No, it's in the groin area.
moon53540 Allergic
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Do you wash them when they are new before putting them on because when they are new there can be chemicals on them.
Allergic moon53540
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I tried both washed and unwashed (so there are no washing powder traces in case I am allergic to it ). Both cause allergy so there must be something apart from "100% cotton" in them which causes allergy.
moon53540 Allergic
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Look up allergy free underwear on google there are companies that specialise in this.
mrsmop Allergic
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Some years ago, I developed a 'rash' , I saw a Dermatologist and he told me that companies used a 'dressing' on their clothing. All sorts of suggestions were made to me, nothing worked.
I eventually had patch testing and it was discovered that I am allergic to formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers
DMDM hydantoin
Imidazolidinyl urea
Diazolidinyl Urea
Quaternium-15
2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol
5-bromo-5-nitro-1,3-dioxane
Sodium hydroxymethylglycinate
It is possible to avoid them and eventually you get used to looking for them in cosmetics, washing powder hand cream shampoo.
If you only get the reaction from underwear, you might want to wash them a lot and on hot before wearing them. I also vaguely remember reading that man made fibres caused fewer problems.
I had to use a steroid cream to keep on top of the allergy.
Ask your GP to refer you to a Dermatologist & good luck
Sgt.lindalee Allergic
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Hi Allergic, My husband has always worn 100% cotton(terrible allergies for 15yrs) but, has been having severe breathing issues over the last two years....it turned out to be laundry soap, all scents (even his soap & shampoo) & he couldn't wear his clothing any more(things he used/wore his whole life)....we went with ORGANIC cotton(ordered stuff from the Eczema Co and the cottonique products) there may be others... avoid polyester & blends....We changed to an unscented, plant based laundry soap...(Eco-Max & a few other similar brands) if the elastic on waistband bothers you, tuck in your t-shirt...we went to Aveeno unscented baby eczema body wash and vegan unscented soaps, bars, body wash from Amazon...they could be spraying the cotton with mold inhibitors, formadehyde & etc...could have chemical fertilizers or insecticides in it, laundry soaps are a mass of harsh chemicals..the ORGANIC clothing cannot have chemicals & soaps work GREAT & the clothes(with WAY less soap, no dyes, scents, ours cost less for more) makes everything smell CLEAN.... if you need help, let me know anytime, I can give you names & etc... Good Luck, Allergies are the worst....BEST WISHES💒🌈☮♾🐾🎶
kyle023 Allergic
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you probably don't have any allergic reaction to your a tissue on your underwear.
if it was to your underwear. same reaction would be observed with other tissues such as blankets on the bed, bathroom towel or jeans when not wearing underwear.
have you tried no underwear? it disappears or stays?
if it is localised in groin area someone could think on other conditions than allergies 😉
Allergic kyle023
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Well, blankets of the bed do not contain Elastan or whatever similar things. I will try jeans with no underwear, thanks for this idea. 'Other conditions' were checked and excluded.