Fragrance-free products

Evergreen said:
The only Pears I can find has perfume.
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Yes, it's always had a light scent (I really like it). I wasn't recommending that particular soap, just the 'regional' washing to cut down the amount of skin that's reacting. I itch like crazy if I use soaps or shower gels body-wide, but thankfully Dermol 500 causes no reaction at all.
 
Kitty said:
Yes, it's always had a light scent (I really like it). I wasn't recommending that particular soap, just the 'regional' washing to cut down the amount of skin that's reacting. I itch like crazy if I use soaps or shower gels body-wide, but thankfully Dermol 500 causes no reaction at all.
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I've followed the regional washing rule recommended to anyone with atopic skin all my life. The only time other bits get directly washed is if actual dirt gets on them.

But that doesnt help the problem here, which is perfumed or fragranced or otherwise pungent soap causing a non-skin-related reaction in people with ME/CFS.

It's not skin sensitivity that makes perfume or strong smelling chemicals a problem for us. (Though we might have that as well.)
 
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For anyone in the market for HRT, let it be known that Lenzetto spray smells, while Oestrogel does not.

Lenzetto does not have perfume, but to me it smells like it does, and specifically smells like suncream.

Having looked into it, the likely culprit in Lenzetto is "octisalate", which is indeed used in sunscreens, and smells "mild, sweet, floral".

It was enough to meddle with my cognition and irritate my brain such that sleep was delayed.

Oestrogel just has a brief, mild alcohol smell (less than some NSAID gels I have used, to me it's negligible) and then nothing, glorious nothing.
 
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