Allergic to fragrances: sufferers should avoid the allergen consistently

Fragrances can evoke memories and emotions; they can stimulate or relax. But fragrances have not only pleasant: Especially allergy sufferers can use their increasing cause significant problems.
From our everyday fragrances can hardly imagine: They are used in cosmetics, detergents, cleaning products and medicines. More and more shops, hotels and cinemas are trying to animate by scenting the rooms to stay. There are known about 3000 different fragrances.

They either come from natural sources such as vegetable, animal secretions, or are synthetic compounds from the chemical laboratory. Partial combine fragrance developers up to 100 individual substances into a single odor impression. Since the scent is often a marketing element for products or brands, its composition is a closely guarded secret.
Despite the declaration requirements for cosmetics, consumers will find on many packages only the collective name perfume, fragrance, aroma or flavor and not a list of the individual components. Products for scenting are not declared; here way neither the user nor the buyer, what ingredients are used.
As a contact allergy is not curable, sufferers should avoid the allergen consistently. Because with each new contact, the symptoms may adjust again. A certain perfume can, however, only be avoided if you can tell which it is contained. The cosmetic products is possible thanks to the mandatory declaration of ingredients.
Those who think they are allergic to cosmetics or ingredients in detergents should contact a dermatologist. This is first search in a discussion of possible triggers for contact allergy. Standing fragrances suspected, the doctor usually tries to identify the trigger through a patch test. The suspected allergens are tested as applied to the skin and possible reactions observed.
Although scientists have assumed that in such small amounts no contact eczema can be expected. But a very sensitive skin may well show symptoms. According to the Detergents fragrance allergens must be identified and in detergents, fabric softeners and cleaning products, if they are present at a concentration of about 0.01 percent in the product. For commodities such as scented candles, incense sticks, toys or paper and room fresheners, there are currently no regulations or declaration obligation.
Perfume reactions are most usually triggered by the direct contact of the allergen with the skin. Recent studies have shown, however, that there may be reactions by allergens in the air.
At lower concentrations, skin reactions did not materialize. It remains unclear, as before, the effects of low-dose fragrances in the air if they are inhaled over long periods of time or act on the skin. In addition, fragrances can cause symptoms such as headache or even asthma attacks in the air even among sensitive individuals such as asthmatics. Perfume Allergy and consumers with sensitive skin may use alternative fragrance-free cosmetics, detergents and cleaners.