Sensitization

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Can you please explain to me what is sensitization? I am presuming it is a

sensitivity towards a particular oil.

 

The recipe Tea Tree, Lavender and Vitamin E is it good for pimples?

 

Also does EO that everyone keeps writng about is it Essential Oils?

 

Sorry to sound so naive.

Thanks

Mary

 

 

, Marge Clark <marge wrote:

 

> but that's the point. of course, if they already are sensitized, it would

cause tremendous problems. but using that strong a dilution on broken skin is

HOW sensitization happens. There are too many people on this (and other) lists,

and in this industry already sensitized to the oils you are using. it's a game

of russian roulette.

>

 

 

 

> At 04:56 PM 4/26/2006, you wrote:

> >Hope this helps. I am aware of sensitization issues, and would not post a

formula that I thought might harm someone. I've used this formula for years on

myself and my family and friends, and no one has ever had sensitazation issues

form it. I always check to be sure new users don't have sensitization to these

ingredients before I apply it or have them apply it.

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Hi y'all,

 

Been busy as a one armed paper hanger and my account was bouncing

but I was so distracted I didn't notice .. or maybe didn't care. ;-)

 

Also for around the forty eleventh time .. I have had to have my PC geek

over to unlock files in my PC .. he says I have to get another one or

dump files .. says its not smart to load 10 tons on a 5 ton truck. ;-)

 

Anyway, I ran down the list of posts to the list for the last ten days

or so and saw a few I need to respond to .. and will .. sometime during

the weekend. But this one I want to respond to now. Marge has done a

fine job trying to alert folks to the realities of sensitization .. but

I wanna take it a bit further.

 

>>Hope this helps. I am aware of sensitization issues, and would not post

>>a formula that I thought might harm someone. I've used this formula for

>>years on myself and my family and friends, and no one has ever had

>>sensitazation issues form it.

 

There are no signs we can look for that will alert us to the fact that

the immune system might be deciding to kick in and go haywire in an

attempt to protect the body. What we can do is pay attention to the

scientifically tested safe percentages shown in the Plant Aromatics

Safety Manual .. http://www.av-at.com/plantaromaticsavnp.html .. and we

can avoid using larger percentages of oils over large areas of the skin

and we can cross our fingers and hope for the best.

 

>>I always check to be sure new users don't have sensitization to

>>these ingredients before I apply it or have them apply it.

 

Problem with the above is that new users often don't know they have been

set up (previously) for sensitization .. and in some cases they are not

yet sensitized .. but might become so soon .. or maybe later. And

though the use of patch testing is better than nothing .. it can not

alert us to sensitization issues UNLESS a person had previously become

sensitized to a chemical or combination of chemicals in the oil .. or

even in some other substance. Patch testing can tell us if the agent

applied will cause irritation .. but irritation is not a big deal in

that it goes away shortly after the irritant is removed .. this is

not the case for sensitization .. its almost (with rare exceptions)

something that will stick with us for life .. and can cause us to have

to take unwanted trips to the emergency room.

 

Marge wrote:

> but that's the point. of course, if they already are sensitized, it

> would cause tremendous problems.

 

Perzackly .. sensitization is a matter of the immune system overreacting

in an attempt to protect the body from what it sees as a dangerous

foreign invader.

 

> but using that strong a dilution on broken skin is HOW sensitization

> happens.

 

Perzackly .. though this statement will burst a few balloons, there are

few chemical components of an EO that can penetrate the skin (our body's

largest protective organ) to a degree that the chemical would enter the

blood stream .. however, it is not necessary for a chemical to enter the

blood stream in order to activate the alarms for the immune system ..

but if the skin is broken .. then we are just increasing (many fold) the

potential for sensitization.

 

> There are too many people on this (and other) lists, and in this industry

> already sensitized to the oils you are using.

 

Yep .. and since Marge has stated publicly many times on this and other

lists .. I'll repeat that .. she is one of those people. And Lynda

Sorenson .. also a list member is sensitized. Know what these two folks

are sensitized to? One of the two EO that the misinformed often claim

are safe for neat use .. Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia).

 

> it's a game of russian roulette.

>

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Dang betcha on that .. folks often come on line and claim that they have

used this or that oil for X number of years without negative effect.

But the same can be said for folks who routinely drive while under the

affluence of inkohol .. its just a matter of time afore it can jump up

and bite them in the butt.

 

Y'all have a good one .. and keep smiling. :-)

 

Butch http://www.AV-AT.com