Class action lawsuit - victoria secret bras

[chickie1952]

Can anyone tell me about how to join this lawsuit!  I have suffered with these rashes for years and no doctor could ever give me a reason.  No one told me to check my Victoria Secret Bra!!  I won't wear them anymore - it is terrible to have to go through this 3-4 times a year with no reason as to why it happens!  

[islandsun]

I wish I heard about this sooner....took me months to figure this rash out. It started around the outer edge line of my bra and then went behind the underwire. Within one day of not wearing my Victoria Secret (Sexy Push Up) bra, it started clearing up. It's almost gone after a week and a half. So frustrating because I loved these bras. :(

[JanaBanana612]

This is a little embarassing but for the last 2 years, my nipples have been really dry (please don't laugh:) They itch and actually look like someone took sand paper to them.  I have a lot of allergies including fragrance and have eliminated it totally from my house.  Things seem to have cleared up except for my dry nipple.  I wonder if there could be from my VS bras?  I have no rashes of any sorts.........  Any one else have this problem?

[allergic1]

You obviously have not read all the blogs on this sight and others about this issue.  You also have not had a rash on your breasts like these people are describing, I have.  Yes, I would agree that there are a lot of sue happy people in this world and perhaps some are just looking to make a buck.  My concern is that a lot of us have gotten a rash from these bras so we stop wearing them because it  is visable.  What about those that don't show anything externally, like perhaps you.  Perhaps these bras could be a cause of breast cancer.  Have you not read what they are finding in these bras???  Formaldehyde!! Please read all the facts before you judge people.  By the way I am not part of this "bandwagon" because for me, I  am allergic to other brands of bras as well, Vanity Fare, Wacoal, and Victorias Secret! These companies all need to look into the manufacturing process of their bras especially those made in China!!!

[Super33]

You know, almost everybody has allergies of one sort or another!  I have allergies and so does almost everybody I know.  I don't understand what it is these days with everybody wanting to sue everybody else.  I'm allergic to my watch because it's stainless steel, sure, it irritates my wrist when it's on for too long.  Does this mean I should go ahead and file a lawsuit against my watch manufacturer?  My son is allergic to cats, should I sue the petstore I got my cats from?  Why don't you just stop buying Victoria Secret bras if you have a problem with them???  Wipe the dollar signs from your eyes and get a bra from somewhere else!!  If people like you can't fix their problems and move on then our country is truly screwed!!!!  Don't forget, almost all of the people that buy and wear Victoria Secret bras have no problem at all.  You people have the allergy so adjust your life and move on.

This post doesn't apply for everybody in here, but it does apply to the people who got a rash and want to sue.  Get off the bandwagon, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

[racemom83]

I have experiend the same rash and am convinced that it is from the VS bras that I wore.  I purchased 2 bras at the end of December and have had this problem ever since.  I have also experience dizziness and sweating.  Has anyone else?  I've stopped wearing the bras and went to a different brand and the itching is not as intense.  I'm still waiting for Victoria Secret to call me back.  Should I return the bras or hold on to them for evidence?

[grotto]

Just a few days ago I have broken out in a cluster of bad bumps, rashes, whatever you would like to call them. I hike a lot, so I thought maybe a spider got into my clothes and ate me for lunch, excpet, it is winter, is very cold, and there are no white puss pockets from the bite. The spots have become much worse are are even speading from my back where the bra hits, to under my breast. This has caused great alarm to me because I thought of several other rashes or "mysterious" bug bites I have had over the last few months. I have noticed, even after all physical signs are gone- except some scarring, the area still continues to itch month later. I am a well educated girl and am not out to get anyone, but if there is a product out there that is making people ill, there is a serious problem. Just as an experiment, I wore the bra I thought might be irritating me, and sure enough the areas were very inflammed and I am paying the price today. Since these spots have appeared, wearing other bras other than my Victoria Secret bras, has caused my condition to improve. Less swelling, less itching, and less spreading. Because of this, I do not think it is just the bra "rubbing" an infected area being the cause. I hate to jump to conclusions, but I have opted out every other outside contaminet that might be irritating me. I live a very healthly and chemical free life- mostly organic products. I hate saying, but I will no longer wear their products, and even if the cost is higher, it pays to go organic. I hope this message gets out there and I hope people pay attention to what their bodies are telling them. I am yet again covered in welts, I know what it is from, and I guess I will have to pay the price till these things heal.

[ashley6561]

I have been a long standing customer of Victoria Secrets for years and I buy everything from there stores and catalogs. I have dealt with these rashes for years now and I thought I was sweating and that was the reason. I am just horrified over this because even my doctor had told me it looked like a heat rash and boy was she wrong. I have also had many vaginal rashes from their thongs and boy shorts. I stopped wearing those a couple of years ago but I had no idea that this was the reason for it. I own about 35 of their bras and I should have gotten a clue. This makes me absolutely sick. I have an awful looking blister on my chestand its absolutely disgusting. I have spent a great deal of money on these items and I want it all back. I want in on this lawsuit and if I have to do it alone with my own attorney, I shall. This is insanity.

[ufgatorgirl]

I, too, have suffered from the itchy, red welts and rashes for over a year now - no explanation as to what they were. Lo and behold, come to find out, hundreds - maybe thousands - of other women are experiencing the same thing. I cannot believe it. These rashes are so horrible and itchy and have permanently scarred parts of my body. I've gotten them on my breasts, on the sides of my torso and hips and even on the insides of my thighs. If this class-action suit goes through, I will definitely join. I just called VS to complain and they gave me some PR-generated line about how they supposedly care about their customers' safety and integrity of the product. How well-rehearsed. I will *never* shop at VS again. God only knows that I've spent perhaps hundreds of dollars on bras over the years there. And to think their product is tainted with a dangerous chemical and they're denying it? Cheap bastards.

[Jackson14]

I was wondering if anyone else who wears the VS bras has developed skin cancer? About a 1 1/2 ago I noticed a small mole under my right breast where the underwire lays and it began to change shape and size I went to the dermatologist and it was skin cancer. I had it removed. Awful Scar. About 6 months later my girlfriend had the same thing in the same exact spot same breast and hers too was also skin cancer. She too wears VS. Unfortunatly under my left breast same spot where the underwire lays another mole is developing. I have read that formaldehyde causes cancer and was curious if this has happenend to anyone else??? Thanks!!!    

[mmanuel]

I knew it. Figured someone would find the guts to file a lawsuit. I told my girlfriend she had the right to sue especially those kinds of wheals she had everytime she would wear that particular VS bra.  She had it really bad. There were serous fluid present, it gave her a rash, redness, and painful to the touch then after it turned into a dark scar for a long while before the marks faded. I told her to take a picture of it. She hesitated because she was scared to fight against a big company like VS. Perhaps now she would have enough guts since she's not the only one who had this reaction and had to suffer the way she did.

[mzz]

Has anyone had rashes under their arms?

[alphadog6969]

To join a the class action lawsuit, go to;

http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/Victorias_Secret_Bra_Rash

[JustMe93]

OMG!  A friend of mine just emailed me this info. on the bras this morning. I started with a rash in June 2008, after trying everything over the counter I went to my dermatologist. She said that it ws an allergic reaction. I couldn't come up with anything new that I had, so I took steroids for 12 days with no relief, I too was in pain. The redness, swelling and burning was horrible. I would cry to my husband at night and I stayed inside during the day just so I wouldn't have to wear a bra. I searched the interenet for answers, shingles, dermitis, paget's disease, inflammatory breast cancer....I wanted an answer. I went to my gyn, he said that he had seen heat rashes but never this. I went another dermatologist, he said that he was baffled and couldn't give me an answer. I had a mammogram, to my relief it wasn't cancer. And the itching and redness finally went away. But I still have no answer as to why I had it or where it came from. Every once in a while it will itch a little, but I do have Victoria Secret bras and I think that I may finally have my answers. Thanks, Victoria Secret I now have doctor bills to pay and scars to show!

[ItchynAR]

It's the panties too, ladies; the ones that are made of that same 'soft, rubbery' kind of material that the bras are. And this is not new. I've had rashes on my hips for 3 or more years now. I had no clue what was causing that horrible pain and itching! The itch that these things caused would make me want to claw into the bone!  I thought I had hives... or shingles... the doctors would just give me cream. As you all know, the creams don't work. I have scars on both my hips. They are big leathery, discolored patches. When I read of this, I found a pair in my 'old undie' drawer and started wearing them again. Low and behold... the rash started again within 2 days. And these things have been worn and washed for nearly 4 years! They still cause the rash! VS has some 'splainin' to do!

[mizsara]

I have suffered from this syndrome for the longest time.  I've tried to come up with several different causes to the rashes occuring underneath my breasts.  I visited my family doctor on several occasions to try and come up with an idea of what was causing the rash.  She never was able to come up with an exact reason, but prescribed me Triamcinolone Acetonide, a cream to help with the issue.  It never fully dealt with the rash, so I would often have to go several days without wearing a bra, which is never comfortable for me.  I always thought that it was an irritation due to sweating, but knowing that there is an actual cause for it makes me feel a little bit better.  Now that I have moved to differnet types of bras, I notice a difference.  It's incredible.  I loved the "very sexy" collection of bras for years, but now have a feeling that it was those beloved bras that brought on years of itchy misery.  I'm in california, what do I do to take action?

[noeyd]

I am so relieved that I saw this report on the news. I have been through hell with this affliction. I am in constant pain and discomfort, my skin is covered in welts, and is now pitted and scared from the itching. I have tried everything from calamine lotion, hydrocortisone, prescription anti itch  and rash creams, topical antibiotic creams, three rounds of antibiotics, oral cortisone, and on and on! NOTHING helps, nothing!!! If I could express to VS and news commentators who dismiss this as "no big deal, its just a rash", how many days I've broken down in tears over the frustration, the discomfort, and just looking awful!!! I can't believe a company like VS, who make their money of the beauty of women, have not shown more concern or compassion for the women their product has hurt.

[mermaid81]

I thought I was the only one who was having this itchy feeling from Victoria Secret. I knew perfectly well though that it was from these bras, because every time I wore a cotton bras it went away, and every time I wore Victoria Secret bras the rush came back. I didn't know what to do, I thought I was crazy. But it turns out they are the ones at fault causing all of us to go through hell. I want to join the class action lawsuit. Can someone please tell me how??

[mgreen21]

I can't believe this is happening. I got blisters from a bra from VS in June 2008. It looked like cigarettes were put out on me. I finally got my money back a month ago (begining of Oct.) They sent me a letter saying that if I sign it, it's as if nothing ever happened. Thank God I didn't sign it yet. The women at the store wouldn't even take the bra back. I had to call the corporate headquarters and complain about the whole thing. It has been one mess after another!!
They sent me a $100 gift card for my "troubles". I just spent it, thinking that if I didn't buy the same type of bra that it would be fine. I'm returning every last one of them now. This is crazy.

[mzdorie]

we can take the bras even though its been used? and is it all vs bra's or just the ones that people have complained about? do we need a reciept?

[Mouse1386]

I have just called the 800 number and they said take the bras back to the store for a refund or exchange.

[Horselady160]

I have been permanently scared under my right breast from a rash that appeared after wearing my Victoria's Secret Bra. I had never tried one of their bras, but am hard to fit, so thought I would give it a try. Soon after wearing it, I developed a painful rash, which developed into painful pus-filled blisters. They lasted for two weeks, and spread up between my breasts into my neck area. I thought I had shingles, at first, but showed it to my daughter-in-law, who is a nurse, and she told me that it appeared to be an allergic reaction. It itched, burned and kept me awake night after night, with no relief, reguardless of the application of hydrocortisone cream, cold compresses, benedryl, etc. I tried everything to get rid of it. Finally, I went bra-less and took lots of Ibuprophen for the pain, Benedryl for the itching,and waited for the rash and pain to subside. I literally stayed at home and suffered it out.  When the welts finally went away, I was left with one dark brown permanent scare under my right breast and 3 smaller scars up the front of my chest. I have no doubt that the bra caused me this discomfort. I kept the bra, deep-down knowing it was the "culprit". Because of the hidious pain and itching and suffering I endured, I want to become part of the class action law suit hoping that no one else has to undergo this discomfort, Thanks to ABC News for the update!

[Jan103]

I, too, have had a rash on both breasts (nipple area) on and off for the past 6 months.  I wear VS bras exclusively including the ones named in the lawsuit.  My doctor gave me anti-itch cream for my rash.  She thought it might be a fungal infection but was not sure.  I will try a different brand of bras to see if my rash goes away.  Can anyone recommend a good quality bra that won't cause this problem?

I won't join the lawsuit but won't buy Victoria Secret in the future.

[mrs_smith23]

I began wearing exclusively Victoria's Secret in 1998 (10 years ago). They were the only bras that gave me the support I needed while still being a pretty piece of clothing. About 8 or 9 years ago, I developed a rash near my nipples and went to the doctor. I was at college so I did not go to my normal GP. After I showed her my rash, she left the room and I could hear her outside saying "I've never seen that before." I was scared. She told me I had ring worm. I was humiliated. How does a grown woman get ring worm on her breast? I decided it had to be from the communal showers at the dorms and took precautions to prevent even minute contact with the surfaces there. I got some anti-fungal cream and the rash seemed to get better, but would flare up periodically. When the cream ran out and the rash came back, I decided to see a dermatologist in my home town. She diagnosed excema. I used a sample of Elidel until I read about it potentially causing cancer. I then started using plain old Noxema (it was created specifically for excema treatment). I just use it when I have a flare up, which now that I think about it happens more with new (VS) bras and not recently washed (VS) bras. I used to think I just had sensitive nipples and the seam of the bra was aggravating the skin. But,  I got some high end bras for my birthday last year and those do not bother me at all, even the very lacy one which I was hesitant to wear because of my "sensitivity".

[djbj]

Hello everyone - I am djbj in the first of these posts from July.  I have contacted and retained the attorneys that are trying to get the Class Action Lawsuit registered in Ohio. If you have had similar damage as the above please take pictures and keep your records to send to the attorney.  You will also have to send your bras.  The attorney firm is Climaco/Lefkowitz/Peca/Wilcox & Garofoli @ [phone].  The more evidence they collect the better the case to get these bras off the shelves.  I, after not wearing these bras since July 20, 2008 STILL have tissue damage in both breasts from whatever chemical they have used.  Beware of the bras Made in China.  And contact Dawn Chmielewski at the above number to get yourselves involved in this lawsuit.
Take care~ Debbie