Allergies to plasters

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My son recently fell off his bike and ended up with stitches in his leg. We found out from this that he's allergic to plasters and now has a rash, I've tried Savlon and E45 doesn't seem to do much. Can anyone recommend anything else please.

nothing
it will go away after a while.

My son is too and I've been told boots do some special plasters for people allergic to regular ones.

I am allergic to plasters and have to say that there is really nothing you can put on a plaster rash to make it go away quicker
It will heal better by being left
I do use micropore now if I cut myself and have no allergy to this, so maybe worth buying some and keeping in stock for future

The rash is really itchy though so he needs something to stop the itching really

you can give him piriton for the itch

Avoid anything with petroleum for a while so no Savlon or E45. In my experience allergic reactions tend to make my DS hypersensitive to lots of things, temporarily.

Instead keep it clean. Rosehip oil (patch test) or olive oil. This should stop the itching.

I'm allergic to plasters (mainly fabric but my particular allergy is colophany which is found in the glue) but I can use micro pore. I use an anti itch cream (lanacane I think) to stop me itching (so much I bleed and get infections!).