What kinds of allergic reactions to skin products do people usually have?
They usually develop contact dermatitis, which is the allergic reaction similar to poison oak or poison ivy. As they begin to use a product, their skin becomes more and more red. They might also develop what doctors call vesicles which are tiny blisters that become crusty and ooze and then spread to other parts of the body. The dermatitis might spread up an arm or to the whole face or the eyelids might be involved. Depending on how strong an allergen you’re dealing with, you may get an allergic eczema, which is an itchy rash. The allergic reaction just gets worse and worse until the person stops using the product. Who is most likely to have an allergic reaction to a skin product? Occasionally allergic reactions occur in people with normal skin, but more often then not, they occur in people in which the skin barrier has been broken. This includes someone with a little bit of flaking on their face—something doctors call seborrheic dermatitis—or someone with eczema or someone who just has
