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I have an urgent problem. I am a massage therapist and have been working six

days a week for the past year. I do a lot of Raindrop Techniques and

Aromatherapy massages with several oils on each client. I also often use

OrthoEase or Valor on other clients. I also do many, many massages with just

plain, unscented almond oil.

 

In the past I have had rashes on my left thumb and forefinger area from

using lotions--namely AlbaBotanica and Biotone (hyperallergenic). When I

switched to almond oil, I seemed to have no problem...except occassionally

about 8-10 hours after doing a Raindrop, my hands would itch a lot.

 

On October 7th I was in a relatively minor car accident, and almost

immediately both my hands (the backs of them) began to break in an itchy

rash that sometimes had tiny blisters. A dermatology specialist believes the

rash is from the shock, trauma and stress of the car accident and following

problematic circumstances in my life.

 

My naturapathic physician is leaning more towards thinking that I have

somehow become sensitized to the Young Living Essential Oils. Now, to me

that is a horrible thought because I dearly love the oils and love using

them with clients.

 

For whatever reason, on New Year's Eve they broke out " wildly " and the palm

of the left hand even became more involved with big blisters, some with

clear liquid, some with blood, and some with pus. The left hand swelled and

I could not bend my fingers for about three days. It was very hot (actually

both were) and a lymph node near my left elbow became very tender and very

swollen.

 

Things are doing better with lots of natural things used, but the doctors

are pushing me to use steroids. I would rather recover without them if

possible, but the question may still remain if I can ever use the oils

again, or if they might not even be the problem! I surely hope not.

 

I need to have some help knowing if any other therapists or people have had

extensive problems with the oils, or just with their hands from doing

massage, if they got over it, what they did etc. etc. At the moment I cannot

work at all and am even running a temperature. If you need or want to use

medical terms, please write to me off-list

 

ANSWER: YL crap in its purest form

 

I too am a massage therapist and have to say that I was horrified to find

out that all of these oils that are marketing to LMT¹s are filled with

chemicals!  Of course the practitioner is also being affected because we are

applying the oils  this is why I went to using YL products.  I use a base

oil of organic olive oil or almond oil with no side effects because these

are pure, natural substances.  Your hands are trying to release the

chemicals from the lotions you used.  My hands took about a year to return

to normal, they became very scaly and rough  just keep using the YL oils

along with olive or almond oil and you will be fine.  You also have to look

at your diet and other products that you put on your body.  The body becomes

confused I believe when you use YL oils, the body tries to eliminate, then

you use a product with garbage in it.  The body is constantly trying to

return to homeostasis but at the same time is being bombarded with

chemicals.  Once you get cleaned out, you will be in perfect health, your

hands will return to normal along with the rest of your system.  Just give

it time!

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Cheers!

Kathleen Petrides

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