I have been swimming for 24 years and suddenly I have become allergic to most goggles that I try!
For many years I used the hind compy-style goggles with the foam eye protection. Then suddently I started getting red rings around my eyes that would itch and turn flaky. Very embarrassing! A friend told me to try these speedo hypoallergenic goggles. So I did and my red ring problem went away! For a while, anyway. Now it's about 2 years later and I suddenly started getting the allergy to these, "hypoallergenic" goggles. Does anyone have any ideas? Apparently I must have developed a sudden sensitivity to whatever is in that foam and now to rubber.
Thanks for any help!
Kevin
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Any new thoughts here since the last post years ago? KevinK, how are those Swedes, that bda721 mentions, working out? I might give that a try and the Tyr Socket Rockets that Tim Hedrick mentions.
Since I was a kid, it hasn’t mattered what goggles I use, but now suddenly this year, I’ve been getting a contact dermatitis going on, just like a lot of others described in this thread. I think I’ve been using the cheapo Speedo Sprint goggles with neoprene gaskets. My dermatologist suggested allergy tests like Jayhawk mentions, but that's awfully extreme.
I rotate between two or three pairs of them, some brand new (I carry a grab bag of stuff so if I lose one or break one, I can keep going.). So much for jswim's mold theory.
I also rotate my workouts between different pools in different parts of the country (between work travel, etc). So much for Jayhawk's pool theory?
I was about to try a different pair of goggles, maybe silicone or the hypoallergenic goggles. But I fear to repeat KevinK's experience of having the allergies return. It sounds like GCG may not work according to Tim Hedrick's post.
Any new thoughts here since the last post years ago? KevinK, how are those Swedes, that bda721 mentions, working out? I might give that a try and the Tyr Socket Rockets that Tim Hedrick mentions.
Since I was a kid, it hasn’t mattered what goggles I use, but now suddenly this year, I’ve been getting a contact dermatitis going on, just like a lot of others described in this thread. I think I’ve been using the cheapo Speedo Sprint goggles with neoprene gaskets. My dermatologist suggested allergy tests like Jayhawk mentions, but that's awfully extreme.
I rotate between two or three pairs of them, some brand new (I carry a grab bag of stuff so if I lose one or break one, I can keep going.). So much for jswim's mold theory.
I also rotate my workouts between different pools in different parts of the country (between work travel, etc). So much for Jayhawk's pool theory?
I was about to try a different pair of goggles, maybe silicone or the hypoallergenic goggles. But I fear to repeat KevinK's experience of having the allergies return. It sounds like GCG may not work according to Tim Hedrick's post.
