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Arly Helm <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 9 Mar 1996 14:17:46 -0700
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>Mother only feeling discomfort when wearing her bra: I did once know a
>mother who got contact dermatitis from the "sanitising" chemicals
>impregnated in some bras; another who developed irritant dermatitis because
>the seam line ran across her nipple. Solution for both was a handwashed
>silk handkerchief inside the bra, and a smidge of zinc cream to calm things
>down initially (not across nipple face).

I was reading a dermatology atlas last week, and ran across a case where
the woman reacted to the metal hardware in her bra.

Arly in Northern Utah                [log in to unmask]
MS, CLE, IBCLC

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