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What Causes Allergy To Paraben?
Hi, Think I may have developed allergy to paraben. I've always had sensitive skin and my skin does not seem to like new products. I've kept to one skin product over the last 7 years which is told to contain no paraben. It all clicked a few days ago when blemishes... rashes started appearing when trying out this new makeup (turns out it has paraben) went to GP and was prescribed differin which made things worse... I now have red, flaky some bumpy skin and quite itchy... it looks like its spread all the way down to my neck. Last time my skin was soo irritated was when I tried out proactiv, (both Differin and Proactiv contain Paraben) Would you give me some advice on treating this irritation? (I happen to have pimafucort, could this be applied?) I have already discontinued the new product that contain paraben, and will check out all ingredients when trying new product.
Mon, 25 May 2015
Hello,
The most important thing is to stop the medication which you have already done. The pimafucort has hydrocotisone so that would be a good thing to use once or twice daily to decrease inflammation, but not for longer than 2 weeks. Also use some form of moisturizer in between if you have one that does not have paraben. We do not know why some people get allergies to certain medications but it is best to avoid them completely if you have an allergy
Regards
The most important thing is to stop the medication which you have already done. The pimafucort has hydrocotisone so that would be a good thing to use once or twice daily to decrease inflammation, but not for longer than 2 weeks. Also use some form of moisturizer in between if you have one that does not have paraben. We do not know why some people get allergies to certain medications but it is best to avoid them completely if you have an allergy
Regards
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