Contact Dermatitis

Allergic contact dermatitis is a skin condition caused by an allergic reaction to an allergen. The most common type of allergen found in clothing is latex or natural rubber. However, other allergens such as color dyes, formaldehyde resins, chromates, nickel, perfumes, glue, leathers, and pesticides have been known to cause allergic contact dermatitis. The skin may react to these allergens in several ways such as redness, itching, swelling, and in more extreme cases, blisters.

In some clothing brands, these allergens may exist either as a material in the garment or during the manufacturing process. It is critical that someone who has allergic contact dermatitis isolate themselves from such allergens especially when wearing undergarments.

Cottonique’s manufacturing plant facilities are kept free and clean of any of these allergens, making Cottonique products truly HYPOALLERGENIC in every aspect.

We tag our underwear as “THE MOST SKIN FRIENDLY UNDERWEAR.”

For extremely sensitive skin, try our Nothing But Cotton collection.

Possible Allergens in Allergic Contact Dermatitis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Body Area	Suspected Substance	Possible Allergen
Scalp	hair dye	P-phenylenediamine, phenol
Face	cosmetics	formaldehyde, diazolidinyl urea, Quaternium-15, benzyl alcohol, Glycerine, phenol
Face	after shave	phenol
Lips	lipstick	Carnauba wax, lanolin
Hands	rubber gloves	mercaptobenzothiazole, latex
Body	deodorant	phenol
Body	soap	formaldehyde, glycerine
Body	wrinkle-resistant clothes	formaldehyde
Body	clothing	P-phenylenediamine, phenol, formaldehyde
Body	dyes	chromium
Body	elastic in clothes	latex, spandex
Genital Area	contraceptive creams	formaldehyde, nonoxynol
Genital Area	condoms	latex
Feet	shoes	Colophony, (soles) latex