Patch

[AMBKJ]

Well now that I've realized I'm allergic to something - PG? VG? Dunno yet! I got to wondering why some ppl (like myself) are allergic to the nicotine patch.
There's not much in it:
ethylene vinyl acetate-copolymer, polyisobutylene and high density polyethylene between clear polyester backings
yet I for one itched like a madwoman from them. Could it be the nicotine itself? Okay to smoke, not okay to absorb via skin..and..dare I say it..not okay to vape?

I just did a VG test on my elbow - no prob there. Now I'm doing a PG-VG on the other arm - nothing happening. I guess whichever one is bothering me is fine on my skin but not fine inhaled. So frustrating.

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[topaz_stone71]

I'm pretty sure I'm allergic to the adhesive. I already have a latex allergy and my skin is super sensitive to adhesives now.

 

[Seabrook]

Have you ever gotten juice in your mouth? I know your answer is yes if you're a vaper. Did your lips burn and puff up and stay that way for a while? If so, you might be sensitive to the nicotine in a liquid base when absorbed by the skin. Lips are pretty thin-skinned and also sensitive.

 

[AMBKJ]

Hmm. No swelling or burning from juice on my mouth.

 

[CatVTTV]

The patch is highly concentrated nicotine, and the 24 hour one, is higher again, but, there is no telling how quickly your skin could be absorbing it.

Spill a little juice on your hands and I would be willing to bet, you feel heat very quickly.

As topaz says you could have a reaction to the adhesive used on the plaster, that one is a common allergy.

VG and PG do affect people to begin with, its only natural, I know when I first started to vape I had the runs and heartburn nearly all the time, but my body adjusted, just as it did when I started smoking... remember the nausea and dizzy spells we all endured to begin with....lol

I changed from PG to VG, which in turn made me cough...lol

These days I vape a mix 80 -20 pg to vg and I am fine..

 

[IMWylde]

It's almost always the adhesive on Nic patches that cause the problem.

 

[Seabrook]

Hmm. No swelling or burning from juice on my mouth.

oops, sorry, I mis-read your post.

 

[AMBKJ]

My life went crazy throughout July and I went back to smoking for a while. Meanwhile I had switched from pg to vg, and I've been using the VG this week and last. Again, I am starting to itch, but it's not as bad as with the pg. It probably needs to build up in my system a bit. Also, the same knuckle and toe cramps as with the pg. (Taking Potassium has helped). So, it seems I am allergic to both. I am going to try to control (ha ha) or lessen (ha ha) how often I vape and see if I can keep the symptoms at bay. What a disappointment if it turns out I really can't vape!