Hi - e-liquid problems?

[Franco51]

Hi everybody !
Thank you for accepting me.
I've started with e-cig 14 months ago and, at the same time stopped smoking cigarettes completely.
Since 3 months I've started to suffer for some strong allergic issues; still do not know from what.
Next Monday will beging with allergic tests to check what's going on.
Did someone get similar problems from e-liquid?
Thank you for attention and regards

 

[Ou2mame]

Sometimes people have bad reactions to pg. Have you stopped vaping to see if the symptoms passed, or switched brands, or lowered the pg level of your juice? What kind of allergic reaction are you having?

 

[speedy_r6]

You may have developed a reaction to the PG in the juice. You could also be having a reaction to the VG, though that is much more rare.

If you have a chance, try going with a max VG blend. If it clears up, you can be fairly sure it was the PG.

 

[Wolfenstark]

As folks have said pg is the usual culprit.
Or something in a particular flavour or companies ingredients they use.

 

[Franco51]

Thank you all!
Symptoms are: eczema on trunk, arms and legs with highly irritated skin. Nothing on face, mouth or hands.
Stopped vaping 2 days ago, and next week will let you now how things are going.
Thank you again

 

[Ou2mame]

That doesn't sound like a pg reaction. But you never know I guess.

 

[Steamix]

Could also come from some of the ingredients of some flavourings. The last three months of fourteen, you say ?
Did you switch to any particular flavour ?

 

[Franco51]

@Ou2mame: yes it's quite strange; any way next week will know;
@Steamix: was vaping LIQUA (Ritchy I guess) traditional tobacco 6 mg Nicotine

Anyway I did stop. so will see what's will be.

 

[Happy e-cigarette]

Hi everybody !
Thank you for accepting me.
I've started with e-cig 14 months ago and, at the same time stopped smoking cigarettes completely.
Since 3 months I've started to suffer for some strong allergic issues; still do not know from what.
Next Monday will beging with allergic tests to check what's going on.
Did someone get similar problems from e-liquid?
Thank you for attention and regards

yes, have a allergic tests is necessary and most eczema caused by allergies

 

[glointhedark]

Has anything changed in your environment at home or at work? Do you normally have allergies to anything - foods, cleaning products, seasonal allergies? Did you recently start using a different laundry soap or fabric softener, or change your shampoo, conditioner or shower soap?

Everyone in my household has sensitive skin, and we are very careful about personal care items, household cleaning products, laundry soap, etc. We also have seasonal allergies, and try to take that into account when we are having problems.

 

[Completely Average]

Symptoms are: eczema on trunk, arms and legs with highly irritated skin. Nothing on face, mouth or hands.

That doesn't sound like anything at all vaping related.


Have you changed laundry detergent or fabric softener?

Are you using an HE laundry detergent in a non-HE washing machine?


The fact that you have nothing on the face or mouth indicates that it's something that isn't coming into contact with your face or mouth. I'm almost positive it's going to be something in your clothes. Detergent or fabric softener are the two things I would suspect most.

Try washing a pair of clean clothes in just water, nothing else. Run them through the wash and dryer without any detergent or fabric softener and then wear those clothes tomorrow. See if your skin shows any improvement. If it does, you know it's something you're putting in your laundry. I had almost the exact same problem the day my wife tried using Tide HE rather than the regular Tide in our normal washing machine. She didn't know that HE detergents are different and require an HE washing machine.