To complain about "hypoallergenic" products containing Aloe vera, which is an allergen.

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I get so sick of this, and I keep complaining, but packaging rarely gets changed. Now the Coop is advertising a product as "hypoallergenic" but its got aloe vera in it, so how can they call it hypoallergenic? Surely that is a breach of the trades descriptions act.

So I guess I complain yet again, this is really tedious. I blame multinational chemical companies and advertising fads for the fashion of presenting aloe vera has some "gentle" "natural" panacea rather than the evil harsh nasty thing it is

It isn't a common allergen, though. Some people are allergic to it (and I don't know why people wouldn't believe your daughter, it's not like it's something you'd lie about!) but it's really not that common.

I'm allergic to aloe vera and it is in a lot of products.

I don't believe you managed to have "hypoallergenic" removed from several products , quite frankly.
It is not a common allergy.

Can an allergen itself "be nasty"?
The severity of the reaction is completely down to your own body?
The problem is people start as allergic to one thing, then switch to "alternatives" which only sensitises them to that.
I have a friend who started with lactose intolerance as a baby so was given soy based formula and developed a soy and peanut allergy.

Oh dear 😂

This thread didn't quite go right for the op!

Hypo meaning low not no
Relatively less likely to cause a reaction....not completely impossible.
Then it would be labelled "non-allergenic"

I am very confused by your comment. In what way do you think the thread "didn't quite go right for the OP"? I wanted a conversation about this annoyance. I am having a conversation about this annoyance. What do you think hasn't gone right? What is there to say " o dear" about? What is funny? It is quite a boring thread really - but serving its purpose.

😂😂😂😂😂o dear. Posting on mumsnet isn't quite going right for @HelloMiss is it? - see post makes no sense what so ever.

Technically everything is an allergen. I know people that get hives from water and the sun!

This

Just read the labels. I can't use anything with sodium benzoate in, or any benzoic acid derivative which is in 99% of hair products & most skin care - it's an absolute nightmare BUT it's not a common cause of contact dermatitis so I just have to put up with it. It used to be in hardly anything at all but now Boots might have one shampoo I can use without coming up in itchy lumps on my face. One! I can't even use baby wipes else I look like I've suffered a chemical burn. Hypoallergenic means precisely nothing to my skin.

My food allergy isn't an officially listed one either & that one gives me the whole low blood pressure, violent vomiting anaphylaxis thing. Again, not common enough to require allergen labelling. It is what it is. Read labels.

I understand your frustration, I do, but ppl can be allergic to anything at all.

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