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Nickel Allergy?

post #1 of 12
3/30/10 at 8:52pm
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Within the last couple years i spontaneously started becoming allergic to various foods... tree nuts being the worst. I recently got tested and discovered(as i suspected) that the list of foods has grown to include quite a bit more than just 2 years back. On top of that i now also have slight pet and environment allergies to boot.

Ive been wearing my tanner belts every day through the winter, and now that its getting warm outside, im getting this rash on my stomach but didnt think anything about it. I figured maybe just a heat rash? Well i looked down today and realized that the rash is right above where my Tanner Nickel buckle sits... i was curious if this could be some sort of allergy or just skin irritation from rubbing on the buckle so i googled it and yeah, i can be allergic to nickel. Considering that i've mysteriously become allergic to everything else under the friggin sun this doesnt surprise me if it is in fact the case.

I cant exactly send the belts back cause ive worn them for so long... i was looking at what other buckles they offer and i saw brass and copper. Wondering if those have nickel in them as well...

ALLERGIES SUCK. (even if i'm not allergic to nickel) haha

I'm wondering what would be a suitable metal buckle IF i am allergic... what is considered safe? I know you can buy like hypoallergenic earrings and stuff but i dunno if that helps me in the belt buckle department haha
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post #2 of 12
3/30/10 at 11:33pm
I don't know much about this, but I encounter the odd patient with a nickel allergy that totally sends me scrambling for product documentation stashed in a drawer somewhere - it sucks. In terms of solutions for the problem - I just had a discussion today with a few friends about this very topic. Apparently they know of people that have to paint nail varnish over all of the rivets of their jeans and buttons of their jackets. If worse comes to worse, you could bathe your belt buckles in this stuff and give yourself a high and a headache at the same time.
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post #3 of 12
3/31/10 at 9:45am
Imagine if the world's five billion poor people all whined like that about every skin rash or itch they develloped! At any rate, just get out into the country, far far from automobiles, do hard manual labor, and walk about ten miles every day. Eat simple food and stay away from all modern conveniences. Maybe after 20 or more years of rugged life your symptoms will fade away. Even if they don't, you'll be much stronger and healthier than you are now, and better able to endure the rejection disease.
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post #4 of 12
3/31/10 at 12:06pm
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Originally Posted by Mr. White View Post
Imagine if the world's five billion poor people all whined like that about every skin rash or itch they develloped!

At any rate, just get out into the country, far far from automobiles, do hard manual labor, and walk about ten miles every day. Eat simple food and stay away from all modern conveniences. Maybe after 20 or more years of rugged life your symptoms will fade away. Even if they don't, you'll be much stronger and healthier than you are now, and better able to endure the rejection disease.

You're a Low-E, huh?
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post #5 of 12
3/31/10 at 12:13pm
Nickel allergies aren't that uncommon it seems.

As a (former) brass musician, I had a very mild reaction to older unlacquered brass instruments. Knew a lute player who's skin/oils were particularly corrosive towards nickel.

I've seen a few for whom the issue was skin contact to any softer metal that was unlacquered.
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post #6 of 12
3/31/10 at 12:57pm
My sister has a pretty severe nickel allergy. It showed up when she was working in a bank as a young adult. Her skin erupted horribly, and left untreated it was a mess. Had it happened nowadays, I suppose she could qualify for some sort of workplace disability.
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post #7 of 12
3/31/10 at 1:48pm
i have a nickel allergy, i have to wear titanium/plastic framed glasses. pretty common allergy acutally.
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post #8 of 12
3/31/10 at 1:53pm
I think brass and copper are safe, as long as they aren't nickel coated.

I'm not allergic but avoid nickel anyway because allergies can develop the more your skin is exposed to it.
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post #9 of 12
3/31/10 at 2:38pm
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I wrote tanner and mentioned it to them... they pointed me to their buckles section, i guess they actually HAVE stainless steel single roller buckles specifically for people with metal allergies. Unfortunately they don't have a double prong version yet but said they are working on it. I only really wear my double prong, so that doesnt exactly help me.. blargh.

Yeah my allergies just spontaneously hit me a couple years ago, ive never really had allergies growing up. An allergy specialist told me that when im like... 80? I will stop being allergic to everything. haha

The thing that bugs me is my allergies just started out with a few things affecting me, and it is getting worse just within 3 years with the number of foods affecting me having at least trippled and my doctors tell me it is in no way associated with any other underlying medical condition. I'm just mysteriously allergic to shit out of nowhere. Right.
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post #10 of 12
4/2/10 at 7:02am
Research "sensitization". I've heard that broad allergies often develop after massive or prolonged exposure to sensitizing chemicals. Epoxy resin is notorious.

Might be worth a look?
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post #11 of 12
4/6/10 at 3:24am
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Originally Posted by cazzzidy View Post
sensitizing chemicals

Euphemism for "poisons."
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post #12 of 12
4/6/10 at 3:20pm
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Poison? Well my ex and i weren't exactly working out when i started becoming allergic to things and balding... ha ha
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