On 13 Feb 2005, at 19:39, Judydownmaine wrote:
A 70 y o friend had severe skin eruptions recently -- open wounds
really, mostly from her waist down and under her bra. The conclusion
was that it was not detergent allergy but polyester allergy.
She put petrolatum based medication (from doctor) on it and it was
REALLY reactive.
Petrolatum is meant to be 'inert'. I found it is the active ingredients
(preservatives that cause a reaction. These vary. Still, I wonder how
the skins breathing is affected by petrolatum, and that means toxin
expulsion, as well control of bacteria. So continuous use is I suspect
not good at all. The how is it for healing of the skin. I read in a
dermatologists account how when a skin infection is suspected, vaseline
spreads the infection.
When we put on epiderm ( a thicker version of an aqueous petrolatum
cream) my son came up in pustles. This time he contracted staph. after
we put on vaseline just twice.
cream lotions are divided into two: day and night: the night creams
mean less water. These days cheaper usually types are usually are
petrolatum based. Night creams are meant o be used less frequently,
because of toxin build up and skin breathing. My conclusion is its not
good for you ever. My intuition was always that. I never liked the
look, smell, or feel of it. KNowing its source made me incredulous that
people could use it. Might as well use cling film!
We usually use olive oil. Now we are using coconut oil, as it
apparently has antiseptic properties, and forms a good protective
barrier, as well as nourishing the skin, because it is semi-solid. we
shall try shea too, and have jojoba and wheatgrerm on our list. St.
John's wort and calendula in combination, of macerated oils are useful
for eczema/psorasis too, and septic skin.
A geriatric nurse told her that polyester-petroleum allergy can come
on fast and is now more comnmon because of our synthetic clothing
materials. What about children with all those fleece, easy dry kids
thing?
Judy Down Maine
