I have finally had all my allergy testing done by NHS which confirms I am not allergic to anything else except methylisothiazolinone. This is a preservative found in lots of things. Problem is it is in many facial and body moisturisers. I have googled for hours but I have been unseccessful at finding products that I could use.
It is a contact allergy - so nasty itching then redness , blisters and watery red eyes etc. So all the products I use are making my skin worse and the eye creams are the worst.
Has anyone a similar allergy and does anyone know of any products that would be suitable. The perfumes etc in products are ok for me - it is this preservative tha is the problem.
It is shampoos, soaps, moisturisers, water based paint etc etc.
SOS - need help.
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Contact allergy to preservatives (methylisothiazolinone) -moisturisers, shampoos etc
Queenslander · 17/01/2012 13:52
Ooh I cannot tell you how happy this thread makes me!! I never knew there were so many other people out there with this allergy! I'm a little different though as I have psoriasis and my allergy makes me breakout in new places or prevents me from getting rid of plaques, although if I'm in direct contact with it I will get a normal rash as well.
Kiim91 - I struggled to find decent ones for ages as I have quite dry hair and the only ones I could find were for greasy hair which did me no favours 
but I recently discovered the Garnier Ultimate Blends which are MI free 
I've sadly just seen that my fabric conditioner contains MI though and I'm wondering if that is why I'm having a hard time clearing my skin up 
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