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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I use the Barracuda Standards, they have got a big foamy seal. This is made of a white hypoallergenic foam . I have seen some swimmers with this exact goggle where the foam is brown ..gross really and wondered how anyone could put that on their face. Every now and then my goggles will start to get some black specks..mold. thats when I clean them up with a bleach bath and their like new. Barracuda changed the foam a couple years back to black.. I guess so people won't see the mold maybe..But I got to thinking it would still be there. Goggles with black or dark plastic seals or black foam seals can get a mold on them and you will not see it. Also notice how a fiilm builds up on goggle lenses. Thats from the pool water and that film also builds up in the goggle seal
My advise take your goggles and give them a good cleaning and rinseing now and then like others here have suggested.
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I use the Barracuda Standards, they have got a big foamy seal. This is made of a white hypoallergenic foam . I have seen some swimmers with this exact goggle where the foam is brown ..gross really and wondered how anyone could put that on their face. Every now and then my goggles will start to get some black specks..mold. thats when I clean them up with a bleach bath and their like new. Barracuda changed the foam a couple years back to black.. I guess so people won't see the mold maybe..But I got to thinking it would still be there. Goggles with black or dark plastic seals or black foam seals can get a mold on them and you will not see it. Also notice how a fiilm builds up on goggle lenses. Thats from the pool water and that film also builds up in the goggle seal
My advise take your goggles and give them a good cleaning and rinseing now and then like others here have suggested.
