my brother just found out that he is alergic to laundry detergent is anyone else alergic to it?

Answer 1

my silly dog is
we have to buy him unscented laundry soap

Answer 2

Lots of people are allergic to laundry detergents there are different products out there.
Tide free and Ivory snow don't have any added dyes or perfumes.

Sometimes just changing to liquid also helps.

If it is something in the laundry soap he might try dish soap it sometimes work better.

Answer 3

I have very sensitive skin. We use the "ALL clear (or free)" No perfumes, etc. Shoprite and Pathmark (Grocery chains in NJ) each have a dye free, perfume free detergent as well.

Additionally, my dermatologist has said that you can use about 2/3 of the detergent that the manufacturer recommends and still get the clothes clean. If your washer has a second rinse option, that may help.

Answer 4

That depends upon just how he reacts. If he turns blue and needs CPR, no. But, I do suffer from pruritus, which is medical latin for 'itch'. (I am not sure of spelling, stupid spell checker changed it to priorities.)

I first noticed it in 1959 when I was 15. The stupid doctor told my mom I had some sort of psychological problem, causing me to have a need to touch myself. (It was like a burning itch, um, you know where.)

In my 30's, after years of suffering, and social stigma, I accidentally learned it was from the laundry soap. My wife uses the perfume free, which still causes problems, but she always runs my clothes through a complete second cycle WITH NO SOAP ADDED.

Note that this is true for the sheets on my bed, all my personal clothes, if it touches my skin anytime, it gets the same treatment in the laundry. After while, it gets to be a habit, and isn't too much trouble, until he goes from home and has to use laundromat machines. Frankly, most clothes can be washed with no detergent at all, unless they are really filthy, such as collars and arm pits of white shirts.

Also, if I wash my hands with an kind of handsoap, I need to rinse and rinse and rinse to get off all residue of soap.

For baths, I use the Target clone for Johnson and Johnson Baby shampoo, costs 99cents a bottle. Mennen kills me! I lather my hair, then take gobs of that lather from my head, and put it, ahem, various places that are dirty, such as my male arm pits, and my, um, nether region. Then, the rest of my shower is rinsing and rinsing to get rid of all residue of shampoo.

Make sure he knows it's probably not just laundry detergent, but even dish soap if he washes dishes, and hand soap, and bath soap, as I have described.

In my investigation I learned that this is a problem with 15% of the US population. Wouldn't you think a stupid doctor would know something that affected 15% of his patients?

Women use t.p. differently than men, and many women cannot use t.p. with any sort of pattern on it, such as flowers, and definitely not colored t.p.

Answer 5

My Father is actually allergic to all laundry detergents except for Tide - Allergin free. I would consider purchasing that.

Answer 6

YES! i used to get hives when i was younger, and then one day we got the laundry detergent that was for people who were allergic to it (im not sure of the name, sry) and it worked =]

Answer 7

Yeah, my Dad is sensative.
Plus I buy the stuff w/o dye and scent. But I still can use the laundry sheets ok.

I have used "Tide Free", "Cheer"s version and now I am using "All Free and clear" Small and mighty liquid. I think it is the cheapest and works great.

Answer 8

Yes, I have a problem with most deteregents and soaps as well. For the most part I have to use scent free if that doesn't work try detergents for babies.

Answer 9

It may not be the detergent he is allergic to but the perfumes in it. That is my problem. Have him try Tide Free.

Answer 10

ya, i noe one of my mate's mother is alergic to detergent. their family hires a maid to do housework bcuz if her mother has to do the hswrk, she'll be in contact with detergent. she'll get red spots and it'll itch when she touches them.

Answer 11

My two kids are , But that is because they are Irish.. they have more sentive skin then most people, but you can easyly solve this by adding less soap to laundry and more water.....the rashes that my kids got went away and never have come back as I have used differant soaps to find out which works for them, and less soap at that as well, they can't even take bubble baths as that gives them rashes as well, they usually grow out of it eventually unless he is an adult now.. but try useing less soap....in your water.and differatn saops I go for that Xtra soap its cheap and affordable,