whatever that stuff is, you have encouraged it to leave. if you dont keep putting more in your mouth, it will clear up and never return.

If you are allergic to nuts or seeds, then I think you should find a different oil!! I mean it. A healing reaction maybe, but do you really want to chance that?

Seriously. What kind of oil do you use for cooking?

Maybe hemp oil will work for you. It's an unreal oil pulling oil. It's terribly expensive, and is heavy, but it will give you more bang for your buck than any other oil.

Sometimes the term "healing reaction" is bandied about, but in reality, you just may be reacting to something your body is screaming STOP. I just had this reaction to a face cream with antioxidants in it. I thought for about a day...healing reaction...but the hives on my chest, and swollen eyes screamed, stop this you idiot.....

So you must obey your body. Sad as it is, I think you should stay away from the nuts and seed oils. Do not despair, there are more out there. Perhaps you will find one that we haven't thought of yet.

Take care. Molly

OP helped my eczema. I had a patch on my hand. After 4 days of pulling, it was smooth and going away.

I took a detox bath yesterday. I noticed some new patches last night. I OPed this morning, and they feel smoother.

I have a long way to go before I get everything out of my symptom. I know the patches after the bath are a sign that my body is trying to get rid of toxins.

It's pressed from the olive fruit...

Looking thru more informative threads on these boards i find out that my excema--patches on either side of my nose--is actually part of the sebbariac dermatitis i have. I didn't know that before. (Have it so badly on my scalp that it's hard to tell when it gets better or worse.)

So then i go to the sebbariac dermatitis support forum and some people believe that this is caused by a yeast called Malassezia that thrives off of oleic acid. So, it may actually be the oleic acid feeding the yeast that is the problem NOT a nut/seed allergy. From my understanding, oleic acid will be in most oils regardless of whether they are from a seed or not.

does any of this make any sense?

I may stop oil pulling for a while and look into Apple Cider Vinegar. I've had luck with putting this directly on my face and my face is much smoother in the morning.

When I first started pulling I had more eczema, but three or four weeks later, it's gone. My skin is very smooth now. I am using Olive Leaf Extract soap and shea butter that comes raw from West Africa.

I am also doing Liver Cleanses so that is probably assisting greatly in the detox.

To save some time, get a pendulum and learn to use it so that you can test if something is good or bad for you.