Does Deodorant Affect Cholinergic Urticaria Hives?
Post by: White Rice on January 28, 2011, 04:59:59 PM
I actually picked up a deodorant stone. It’s just mineral salts, but there’s nothing in there to irritate your skin. I’ve had issues with other deodorants/antiperspirants in the past so I’m hoping this is my cause. I was using Dove soap, but I’ll definitely switch to Dial and give that a try.
Antiperspirants contain aluminum which irritates some people….I don’t think any deodorants contain it. Also, someone could have an systemic allergic reaction which basically means you have a reaction all over your body instead of just where the contact occurs (all over and not just your armpits).
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Title: Does Deodorant Affect Cholinergic Urticaria Hives?
Post by: pwaser on January 09, 2012, 05:20:07 PM
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DEODORANT. Sweating starts through the armpits; and only when you’re very heated it continues all over the body. So if you can’t sweat through your armpits and you are not yet very warm, the body can’t let go of the excess heat, it reacts in this crazy manner because it’s pleading you to remove that sweat blocker created by the layer of deodorant!
The story behind: I’m a student (from Spain), and I’ve just realised that I’ve been suffering from cholinergic urticaria exactly since I started using deodorant every day -that was when I was eighteen- and just today (I’m 21 now) I finally found this website; thanks to which I finally unterstood what was happening, and I just told my sister my new view of the concept: “Basically, I have concluded that the problem is that I don’t start to sweat as soon as I should, because there is some resistance, so it itches”. Just like this, she said “it’s the deodorant”. So immediately I decided to help in return and post back.
Note: so yes, I will totally quit using deodorant. Period.
I hope many get to read this.
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Title: DEODORANT. Forget IT and cholinergic urticaria (heat hives)
Post by: pwaser on January 09, 2012, 06:28:38 PM
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DEODORANT. Sweating starts through the armpits; and only when you’re very heated it continues all over the body. So if you can’t sweat through your armpits and you are not yet very warm, the body can’t let go of the excess heat, so it reacts trying to forcibly open the other pores in the body before usual conditions have been met, which causes all the negative reactions we all know. All we have to do is simply remove that sweat blocker created by the layer of deodorant.
The story behind: I’m a student (from Spain), and I’ve just realised that I’ve been suffering from cholinergic urticaria exactly since I started using deodorant every day -that was when I was eighteen- and just today (I’m 21 now) I finally found this website; thanks to which I finally unterstood what was happening, and I just told my sister my new view of the concept: “Basically, I have concluded that the problem is that I don’t start to sweat as soon as I should, because there is some resistance, so it itches”. Just like that, she said “it’s the deodorant”. So immediately I decided to help in return and post back my interpretation of the process.
Note: so yes, I will totally quit using deodorant. Period.
I hope many get to read this.
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Title: Re: DEODORANT. Forget IT and cholinergic urticaria.
Post by: Nathaaan on January 09, 2012, 07:28:01 PM
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Hi, I taught myself this, too. I had a think of some things I can do to prevent having an attack. I need to sweat otherwise i’m more vunerable to an attack. So I came up with a pretty cool idea. As I don’t like to smell, I put the deoderant on my clothes rather than my skin. Since I have been doing so, I have noticed an improvement. I don’t think it is required to completly quit using deodorant, just don’t put it on your skin. Try this method and see how it works for you. 🙂
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Title: Re: DEODORANT. Forget IT and cholinergic urticaria.
Post by: pwaser on January 10, 2012, 09:27:26 AM
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curious idea, though it’s bad for the clothes (it causes yellowish stains on white clothes, for example). I think what I’ll do is just keep a very good hygiene by showering more often, and just ocasionally use some cologne, around the neck area of course. I’ll never put any chemicals near my armpits again.
I read that it’s a proven fact that deodorant causes these effects:
“Very strong deodorants can irritate your skin in a variety of ways: they can make your skin itchy, cause a rash to develop or cause your skin to become excessively dry and flaky.”
So it’s just our fault for not being well informed on the products we consume..
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Title: Re: DEODORANT. Forget IT and cholinergic urticaria.
Post by: Maryam99 on January 11, 2012, 02:20:28 PM
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Ironically for it is the complete opposite for me.
I never used to use deodarant (just showers and fresh clothes ;D) because I was scared of the whole carcinogenic deodorant stuff.
I still suffered from attacks.
Then a few months ago I started using deodarant (among many other changes to my lifestyle) and the cholinergic urticaria dissapated
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Title: Re: DEODORANT. Forget IT and cholinergic urticaria.
Post by: pwaser on January 12, 2012, 11:11:10 AM
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hmm now that freaks me out, can you find some reason for your reaction?
but anyway, I suppuse that it’s just that each body is a different world..
well it’s great then that your’re good now 🙂
I’m also great now, transpiring as nature meant me to