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Tide Skin Hives - Why?

Hello. Im having a problem. You see. When My family began using Tide Detergent Ive been getting very large hives on my skin. They are usually between 4inches long to about 7 inches wide ( Yes , Ive measured. ) Anyway as my mother began to use the Tide the problem of these hives got increasingly worse and worse. Now after about 4 months of using it it's now a daily occurance after I get out of the shower. Please tell me why this is happening. If so is there any kind of common allergen in there?

P.s Ive also read on many other sites that alot of people since the recent lines of Tide have come out have been having this. Please help them along with me in this.
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1. is the skin clean?
2. are you eating toxic compounds? If yes, tide will definitely make the skin worse.
3. is tide really rinsed out with a lot of water? If no, then I suggest rinsing with water
4. does tide cause trouble because you absorbed it, cause on the pages of the product there is this "do not eat or absorb product"
5. do you prefer a detergent that will clean clothes, sustains health and environment?
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I'm 40 years old and never had skin problems at all. This last winter I switch to Tide for the first time in my life and I end up spending the whole winter like an episode of itchy and scratchy. Now I switch back to other brands and problem solved. Really, forget about Tide if you don't want health problems in your family.
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I am glad to read these posts about Tide causing allergic reactions for some people;  I could not understand for the life of me why I was breaking out until I finally narrowed it down to Tide Free and Gentle.  The old Tide Free did not cause me any discomforts.  I wrote the company and they apologized and offered to send me some free coupons.  Go figure!  I went back to Arm and Hammer and have not had a problem with it;however, I wore a shirt today that must be a remnant from the "Tide laundry" and broke out with the same awful rash.  I am completely done with it!
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I usually don't stick with the same detergents, and have never had any problems with allergic reactions. I decided to buy Tide Total Care and right away I started getting tiny, very itchy, hives all over my body. It's a very uncomfortable feeling...I could barely sleep! I'm glad google the issue to find that i am not the only one experiencing this problem. They should recall this product if possible.
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I have been using Tide product for many years. Two years ago I started using the Tide for sensitive skin (in white bottle), they worked perfectly fine for me.

About a month ago, I got some break outs, went to doctors, even emergency six times ( because in Canada, my city, to see the dermatologist take at least 6 months waiting). I was constantly told it was flea bites. They looks like flea bites and extremely itch. They come out a couple of every day. I called up pest control company, they told me if I have no pet, no carpet, they won't think there is any flea.

Since there is no dermatologist, it really bothers me. I called up my relatives in my home country. They suggest it might be some kind of allergy and ask me if I have change any product recently.  Then I suddenly remembered I bought the new product from Tide ---called Tide Total Care 7 signs of...( in orange color bottle in Canada). I have been using it for a month, laundry weekly. The break out start roughly the same time of that. So I rewashed all clothes I used with the Tide Total Care. Now I'm not getting any new break outs.

BE CAREFUL, SOMETHING WRONG IN TIDE TOTAL CARE product.
I'm not saying any other products from Tide, I have been using Tide for almost 8 years, this is the first product I got problem with.

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cheer   doesnt make me itch  been itch free for 10 years sad thing i wore clothes someone else did my laundry a week ago now i am itching ahhhh but cheer does not make you itch
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