- Can you itch number 22?
- Oh God!
- Ugh!
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- So today we're going to a dermatologist to see how
allergic we are to the products that we put on our face.
- So I have dry skin but it's also kind
of sensitive it flares up every so often.
- I purposely wore no makeup just so guys can see
what the fuck is happening to my sensitive ass skin.
- My whole life I've had eczema and when I was younger
it was really bad on my face.
- I'm someone who's obsessed with beauty products,
I love trying new stuff, I'm subscribed to a ton
of different beauty glam bags.
I wonder if that had something to do with the fact
that my skin is completely a shit show these days.
- I think that I just genuinely have sensitive skin.
- Not too long ago I actually got into putting
glitter, loose glitter on my eyelids
and I use this glue thing and I put it on my eyelids.
It was great throughout the day but when I wiped my makeup
off my eyelids were swollen underneath.
- A couple weeks ago I actually had a really severe
allergic reaction, I just woke up one morning
and my eyes were completely swollen shut.
The doctor was confident that it was my makeup.
- I'm definitely interested to see if the stuff
that I'm putting on my face everyday is actually bad for me.
- I am nervous about the results
because I like my current makeup a lot.
- I don't wanna overhaul my entire skin routine.
- All right it's time to go to the doctor.
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- Hello I'm Dr. Vicki Rapaport and I'm a dermatologist
at Rapaport dermatology.
- I'm her father Marvin Rapaport and we practice together.
- Today we're going to place patch testing
on three different people to figure
out what their skin allergies are.
- Inflammation of the skin more often can be caused
by external chemicals put on the skin.
- What we do with the patch test is we put a little bit
of the offending agent under a specific bandage to see
if they are allergic to that particular antigen.
- So here we have 40 of the most common allergens found
in skincare products, these can be made
from lotions, makeups, anything like that.
We're leaving this one blank, this is gonna
be for a wipe the patient brought in.
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So all of these will go on her back and they'll remain
on her back for 48 hours, they will not get wet.
And then in 48 hours we'll take them off
and see what reaction there is.
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- I feel like a bionic woman.
- I feel uncomfortable, I feel like
I can't move my arms too much.
- I really didn't think it was that bad.
- I wish I would've done this when
I first started wearing makeup.
- My biggest concern right now
is how I'm gonna do anything at the gym.
- It's a little itchy 'cause I've had eczema so long
I'm always itchy so this is like no worse.
- It is starting to itch all ready.
A little nervous about the next 48 hours.
- Lemme see it, oh you're wearing I didn't even
notice all this, oh my god Chloe.
- They're kind of itchy but I can't tell
if it's the patches or the tape.
- I'm dying, I'm like getting these splotches
and like everything frigging itches.
Something in the 20's is really bothering me.
- So it's the end of the day and I think I spoke to soon
when I said that this thing was only itchy in some places.
Because now it's just an all over itch.
- It's bedtime, my back just feels tight.
It's really hard to get comfortable.
- So I made it to the gym today and it was the most
distracting workout, it was super
itchy, it was hard for me to focus.
- Can you itch number 22?
- Oh God!
- Ugh!
- I was walking to lunch and it got really hot
and I couldn't take my cardigan off because I'm an insecure
person and I didn't want people staring.
So I just got really hot, hopefully I didn't sweat
and hopefully my patches are okay.
- I know we're not supposed to shower, I gotta do it.
(shower running)
Luckily I have a detachable shower head.
- I woke up today and I am so much
more itchy than I was before.
- Half an hour left and I can't wait
for that satisfying rip feeling, there was a brief moment
where it calmed down but it's back.
- I am just about to hop in the car,
if I go to this appointment and I'm not allergic to anything
I'm gonna be really pissed 'cause this was just
itchy and annoying for no goddamn reason.
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- So I'm super excited to see what goes on underneath these.
- Me too.
- Patches here, we're gonna take everything off and get
you a little bit instant relief but we do let it sit
for about five minutes and kind of air
out before we do the official reading.
So the dead give away are the really, really, really
crazy positive will be red blisters.
If it's sort of half positive
it's like a couple of little pink dots.
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- I'm allergic to stuff, right.
- You actually are but you're also very normal.
Things that you're allergic to are things that everybody
is allergic to, number one cobalt it's a metal.
It's really common in cheap earrings.
- I have really sensitive ears.
- When you have a cobalt allergy you usually have a nickel
allergy, so Nickel sulfate is also seen
in very, very cheap belt buckles.
You were only mildly irritated
by number 2 your acne medicine.
- I literally said that the other day,
I was like it feels like it's getting worse.
- But the stuff you use on your eyes that the urgent care
doctor said that you were quote unquote allergic to.
Not allergic to that.
- Crazy so I can start using my concealer again.
- I mean it could be an allergic reaction
to something in the environment.
The most amazing thing is with all of your tendencies
towards being allergic and your history of eczema.
The only thing you were allergic to but it was a really
mild allergy and it was cobalt.
Which is a metal so if you do have cheap jewelry
that's not 22 carat or titanium accent.
- Oh that's all my jewelry.
- Having the history of allergies
and eczema I would recommend you continue
to seek out those hypoallergenic products.
All the things we tested were absolutely negative.
37 is your only positive actually.
37 is actually thimerosal it's basically a preservative.
You have a true allergy to it, it's antiseptic
and antifungal so just check labels.
The most important one being that glitter glue adhesive
that you say really swollen up your eyes I was absolutely
sure that was going to be positive.
But shockingly it's negative, I would actually recommend
that you do avoid it, I still think there's something
about it that's very irritating to you.
- Ever since I had that allergic reaction to what I thought
was my makeup I've been really stressed out and anxious
about trying anything new so it's really cool
to know that I can continue to use all
the glam bags that I'm subscribed to.
- I could kind of tell that I was having no reactions
because I wasn't that itchy, it was like a little
uncomfortable but when I talk
to Kelsey and Swasti I could tell yeah I really
don't have anything compared to them.
- So I had all three women send me a photo of their backs
at the 72 hour mark to look for delayed reactions
and Swasti actually did have a delayed positive.
Indeed the adhesive to the glitter that she put on her eyes.
- It's nice to know that I am really allergic
to it and I feel like everyone should get an allergy test.
I didn't even know what thimerosal was and here we are.
Go get an allergy test, you'll be happy you did it.
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