Are you suffering from rashes and redness on skin for long time? Are you fed up with applying lotions and moisturizers to get rid of those rashes on your skin? This could be a serious issue.
Be aware, it may be due to lanolin allergy. Keep on reading this article to find out the causes, symptoms and treatment for lanolin allergy.
Lanolin Allergy
Lanolin is nothing but wool grease or wool wax, it’s an oily substance that is prepared from wool of animals such as sheep.
Wool extracts are refined and then purified to form lanolin cream. It is an emollient and ingredient found in several creams and ointments.
It is a good moisturizing agent, but there are instance of lanolin allergy symptoms in some people.
Symptoms of Lanolin Allergy
If you are allergic to wool, then there is huge chance that you are allergic to the moisturizers and creams which are made of lanolin.
- Appearance of rashes on your body is the common symptom of this allergy.
- Some of the people with this allergy experience nasal congestion if they are exposed to wool fibers.
- Swelling of lips and face may occur.
- Itchiness on the area of application of cream.
Rashes Due to Lanolin
Appearance of rashes and bumps on skin may spread throughout the body and you can observe scaly patches and red itchy pumps.
The best option to avoid these rashes is to avoid the cream and allergy producing products.Use medicines to get rid of the allergy.
Contact Dermatitis
Lanolin allergies can be characaterized under contact dermatitis allergy because the allergy is caused due to contact with substances that produce rashes.
Rashes due to lanolin are similar to rashes that develop due to atopic dermatitis. However you can determine these two types of rashes.
Where the rashes due to atopic dermatitis will appear on any part of the body but lanolin allergy rashes appear where the cream and ointment is applied.
If rashes are chronic or if you experience severe itching and burning sensation on skin then you are advised to consult doctor and to get test done for lanolin allergy.
Other Names of Lanolin
Lanolin is also called with other names. So be careful while purchasing cosmetics and before you apply it to your skin.
The following are the other names of lanolin allergy:
- Wool wax
- Wool fat
- Wool grease
- Amerchol
- Adepslanae
- Aloholeslenae
Therefore you need to be aware of the new products that you want to give a try.
Prevention of Lanolin Allergy
Avoid using creams and ointment that contains high amount of lanolin.
In case, you are experiencing rashes and redness on your skin for long time, then it’s time to consult your dermatologist and take necessary precautions if it is lanolin allergy.
Make sure you read the ingredients label carefully before making purchase.