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Has anyone else who's had acupuncture had redness around the needle sites the day after? They look like small insect bites - raised and hard to the touch, but not itchy. I think I may be allergic to the metal of the needle, but wondered if anyone has any experience of this.

How strange you should post about this.
I have just been told this week that I can't have acupuncture because of my allergy to certain metals. Allergy to nickel/white metals is quite common.but I would have thought you would have had symptoms of a metal allergy before now since its quite hard to avoid contact with metal ,lots of things you come into contact with daily ie money ,jeans studs,bra fasteners etc could be a problem.
Maybe it's an infection or something .

I had it too-like little red welts. No known metal allergy. Annoying tho and did put me off going again.

I had acupuncture on my knee by a physio, it was really painful & I had blood running down my leg when she took our the needles, For a few days after I had red dots where the needles went it. Think it's just trauma to the skin. She turned the needles & twanged' them whilst still in & that really hurt. It didn't help my knee at all & it was really painful. I never went back.