Leather Allergy

[Cyberthrasher]

Well, *I* do. Good to know they do crap like that...just reinforces my decision to avoid them under all circumstances.

Yeah, I always avoid them for several reasons. I was just offering this up as an example of the fact that there are always going to be different "chemicals" involved between the various tanneries.

[Tree Reaper]

I seem to have a problem with wet veg tanned leather but it's isolated to my hands.

I always forget to wear the gloves.

It's hard to imagine it would just start bothering you now but it could be.

I don't buy leather or anything else from Tandy.

[THE BIG RED VIKING]

Thanks Reaper, I have some latex free gloves I can try. Yeah that is my last purchase from tandy, where do you get your leather?

[benlilly1]

Big Red, Try Nitrile gloves. I use them and get them by the 100/box. You might want Large. They tend to run tight.

[Tree Reaper]

The last hide I bought was from Springfield Leather, Hermann Oak.

[Cyberthrasher]

I get Hermann Oak exclusively now. My B grade sides come from Springfield Leather and my A grade either comes from Sheridan Leather Outfitters or Goliger Leather.

[Dwight]

Big Red, . . . stop what you are doing, . . . and GO, . . . RUN if you have to but go get the tests.

Take it from a person who has allergies run in his family like black in a coal mine, . . . all over the place.

Believe me, . . . you don't have to have the money, . . . there are clinics, . . . foundations, . . . all sorts of places that will do something to help you find out EXACTLY what this is, . . . and that is what you need.

Failure to do so just might land you in an ER with a doctor shaking his head, . . . and you really do not want that.

True allergies will generally give you a sample warning, . . . and if you do not heed it, . . . the next time it can come on you with a vengeance worse that living in the same house with 3 ex mother in laws.

Do it.

May God bless,

Dwight

[THE BIG RED VIKING]

Big Red, Try Nitrile gloves. I use them and get them by the 100/box. You might want Large. They tend to run tight.

Thanks I bought some the other day, but just for dyeing! I am first going to try and avoid contact with leather just to see. Then I will experiment with some of the other advice y'all have given me. Thanks a million

[veedub3]

Ditto what Dwight said. I suffer from allergies as well as suffer from Chronic Sinusitis so everything bothers me. When I finally went to my Physician, he sent me to an Allergy Specialists and all I had to pay was a $40 copay, so don't think it will be expensive as it just may be covered by your insurance. The test I was given was an allergy skin test. I was pricked by a ton of different allergens and the locations that swell, were what I was allergic to. Turns out I am allergic to everything but food. I am even allergic to Prednisone which is a medicine Doctors prescribe to relieve allergy reactions. (Go Figure) I take weekly allergy shots in addition to a cocktail of pills to keep things at bay - and it is time for another sinus surgery. (This will be my 3rd) Everything I use must be unscented. I make my own bath soap, body lotion, and laundry detergent to ensure it's all natural or I get those whips all over my body. I can't even use dryer sheets in the dryer, nor perfume as they will severely irritate my skin.

I haven't had a reaction to leather, but I always wear gloves and a mask. I would definitely go get this looked at by an Allergist. Not sure why your Doctor didn't recommend it, but I would go back in and ask for a referral. Allergies can be serious, don't doubt it for a second.

Karina