wet suit allergy?

[sandyjo]

hi all!

I'm brand new to diving (and love it)! Just returned from Playa del Carmen. I completed my certification there. Unfortunately, I appear to be experiencing a servere allergic reaction to the wetsuit. Anyone hear of this? Any suggestions?

thanks,

sandy

 

[LUBOLD8431]

Yeah, you are probably allergic to the rubber in the neoprene. SOme of my students have been allergic to that as well. The only thing I know of to do is to avoid neoprene. You can instead use a lycra suit or a trilaminate from Henderson. As for the booties, wear a lycra sock to help isolate your skin from the neoprene. That may help. However, I once had a student that got so sick and had a painful rash all over her from wearing a neoprene jumpsuit just one night in the pool. SO, you might not want to use neoprene again. I dont know of any kind of cure or anything to help the allergy. Maybe someone else has some insight into this allergy. GOOD LUCK!!!

 

[sandyjo]

thanks for the reply! During my classes (in the pool), we didn't use the wetsuits. But, in Mexico, I wore one every day for 4 straight days. The rash started out slowly but by yesterday night I was in such misery with rash on every part of my body that was exposed to the suit. I'm now on high dose steroids and anti-histamines and it's starting to go away....

I'm headed to the dive shop tomorrow for more advice

sandy