[Marci]

Hi, From my earliest memories I can remember having red itchy blotchy skin after mum giving me a bath. Soap on my face meant that I was clean in her eyes and Lux and Palmolive soap would give me beautiful skin as I grew up. Is it any wonder I refuse to watch commercialised television now. I have been diagnosed allergic to cobalt, nickel, carba chemicals (rubber and latex) and dodecyl gallate (an anti oxidant they put in fat and oil products to stop them going rancid). I can't wear plastic and/or metal frames for glasses, watches etc. Wheat and soy products give me trouble too with irritable bowel syndrome. I have lost about a third of my hair (I do not have alopecia) which is just not good for a girl and my skin is in very poor condition. It seems like everything I use or put on myself ends up giving me rashes or respiratory complications. There has to be something I am missing in my diet. The doctors have given up and say there is nothing else they can test me for and I have never once! received a reply from a producer or manufacturer of any product. This includes makeup, bathroom products, food goods, cleaning agents etc etc etc. I have written to compound chemists/pharmacists to make me products and not a single reply either. As you see I am feeling a wee bit desperate as it is my daughter's wedding at the end of the year and I do so want to look good. If I can just get my hair to grow back and stop falling out and my skin to be smooth and not red and dry I would be happy. I want a miracle but to be realistic I want to be comfortable in my own skin and not get sunburnt on the top of my head. Is there anyone who can help me? I have exhausted products and have wasted so much money. My daughter (the one who is getting married) rang me the other night and told me that her scalp is red and inflamed. It appears that there may be some kind of link involved. Both my daughters have always had red and blotchy skin after using different things and I don't want them to go through what I have been through all my life. So now I am on a mission. I need answers. I do not have psoriasis but I ended up with dermititus under my eyelids from using mascara just once. Looking forward to your answers, Marci.