i'll teach you to turn away. wrote:
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> in rec.arts.bodyart KavinTaylor@gmail.com wrote:
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>> I'm also assuming metal allergies are like any other. So it
>> wouldn't be like you could eat peanuts one day and go into shock
>> from rubbing peanut butter on your clitoris the next day. Or maybe
>> you could.
>>
> they're not the same, though. any metal reaction is going to be
> caused by a metal allergy (though you alluded earlier that they're
> different), & we've had plenty of examples here where someone had
> only a localized reaction. hell, i'm highly allergic to cats, but if
> i don't touch my eyes, i can be in a room with them for sometimes an
> hour without reacting (before the ambient hair/dander gets to me).
> cat dander doesn't make my skin itch, but it does affect my eyes.
> isn't that similar?
>
I can't speak to metal reactions, I've never had any problems
with that, but I suffer with an amazing list of allergies and
have all my life. Allergies do come and go, but I don't think
it's so switch like as from one day to the next.
As for different reactions to contact allergies, I know I have
a strange situation with poison ivy / oak / sumac. I can touch
it with my hands, palms, back of the hand even forearm and not
have any problem. If it comes anywhere near my legs, though,
it's all over - massive reaction. I never thought much about
it, though; it's just the way I react to the stuff.
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