Yesterday for the second time in about 6 to 8 months, something I was using for deodorant and caused severe chemical burn! My armpits both have a large red burn on them that hurts like the dickens! Like they are severely sunburned.
I have not recently changed deodorants either. Just got out of the shower like normal and sprayed it on, then BAM, BURNED!!!! I washed it off gently, then applies some aloe vera from my plant. It helped a bit but not enough to stop the red or the pain. Then I found some A&D ointment for diaper rash with zinc and applied that. This morning I put more of the ointment on and then some baking soda so I wouldn't be sticky.
Here's the ingredients to the deodorant I've been using for several months:
Herbal Deodorant with oil of sage
This natural herbal deodorant allows the body to sweat, which is a natural cleansing process necessary to release toxins. Our essential oil blend of sage, lemon and lavender minimizes and neutralizes odors naturally.
Ingredients: SD alcohol 40-B, water, salvia officinalis (sage) oil, lavandin oil, citrus medica limonum (lemon) peel oil.
Also this one:
Ingredients: Propulene glycol, water, sodium stearate, organic aloe vera (aloe barbadensis) leaf juice, witch hazel (hamamelis virginiana) water, glyceryl laurate, calendula fragrance, chammomile (chamomilla recutita) aqueous extract, hop (humulus lupulus) extract {Co2}, caprylic/capric triglyceriide, ascorbic acid, silica shells and organic lemongrass (cymbopogon schoenanthus) oil.
This is from when it happened before: http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1528528#i
Any connections? I basically have never had any reactions of allergies or sensitivities to things ... at least that I've been aware of.
Thanks for any help in solving this puzzle!
Marci
Other than a sensitivity to one of the oils I would say the only other thing that could cause this would be the ascorbic acid, which probably broke down in to oxalic acid.
If you were applying the deodorant then suntanning your armpits then I would say the lemon oil, which is a photosensitizer.
I just don't understand why suddenly I'd become sensitive to it? I mean yesterday my pits were FINE with it!
It is hard to say without more information. Allergies can come and go. Or maybe something from your diet got excreted in your sweat from diet that interacted with it. Maybe the deodorant stick got contaminated with something. This is a common reason for breakouts from cosmetics. If the surface was wet and then capped preventing it from drying out this could have caused excessive microbial growth.
You know how some foods can change body odor? This is from compounds being excreted in the sweat. How these compounds will react with the deodorant is uncertain.
www.medhelp.org/posts/Dermatology/Irritated-Underarm-Rash/show/243173
Wow, what a bummer. Hydrocortizone cream may help.
Google red rash armpit, or burning armpit, or whatever symptoms you have.
So sorry you're in pain. Rest.
I thought about that too gina. Just seemed to weird that a product I've used for months with no problems one day reacts like I've sprayed my pits with battery acid!
Was it a new bottle? Maybe a bad batch?