Hi Katrina,

I'm wondering if you ever found out anything about your eyes and nickel intake from food. I have a similar problem. I know I'm allergic to nickel and also my eyes turn really red, itchy, burning, and teary sometimes and I don't know if the two are related or not. Many times it's after I try to eat really healthy and down a bunch of fresh fruit, salads, etc. Make-up also bothers me and I'm down to testing one ingredient at a time. For example, right now I'm trying to find a black iron oxide that doesn't bother me. I've heard that even the basic pigments have trace nickel depending on their source or the way that they were made. Anyway, it's weird that it's always my eyes and not my mouth. When my eyes are affected, it's also my sinuses and I have headaches. I'm also allergic to carmine, but I use carmine-free makeup, so that's not it (and I stay away from it in foods-it's in some fruit drinks, yogurts, etc).

CM