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I BEGAN EXPERIENCING ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME FROM HEAD TO TOE IN (B)(6) 2021. I WAS TREATED 3 SEPARATE TIMES BY A DERMATOLOGIST. MASSIVE DOSES OF ORAL/TOPICAL STEROIDS WERE GIVEN EACH TIME IN (B)(6), (B)(6), AND (B)(6). THE RASH WOULD SLIGHTLY ABATE ONLY TO RETURN AGAIN UPON CESSATION OF STEROIDS. ALL DETERGENT, SOAP, TOOTHPASTE, DEODORANT, SHAMPOO/CONDITIONER ECT. WERE CHANGED TO HYPOALLERGENIC WITH NO EFFECT. MEDICINE WAS CHANGED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS NOT A FOOD DYE USED IN MY LEVOTHROXINE/UNITHROID. AGAIN NO EFFECT ON THE RASH. AT THE BEGINNING OF (B)(6) I SUDDENLY NOTICED THAT THE "PADS" I USE DAILY FOR "STRESS INCONTINENCE", WORSENED THE SYMPTOMS! I PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER. I USE A FEW DIFFERENT BRANDS (TENA, OPTIONS/ EQUATE WALMART BRAND) THE PADS ARE "UNSCENTED", HOW EVER THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN THEM CALLED "ODOR GUARD", AND "ODOR CONTROL". I FOUND A BRAND FROM AMAZON MADE IN (B)(6), DESIGNED BY KOREANS (RAEL) THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONLY PADS THAT DID NOT CONTAIN THIS "ADDITIVE" TO MASK ODOR. I HAVE USED THEM NOW EXCLUSIVELY FOR A MONTH, AND AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT MY SYMPTOMS STOPPED WITHIN DAYS OF THE SWITCH, AND MY SKIN IS NOW HEALING AT LAST. I EXPERIENCED SEVERE SCARRING OF MY SKIN FROM THIS EXPERIENCE. I HAVE READ THAT THESE CHEMICALS ARE IN ADULT DIAPERS AS WELL, AND THE THOUGHT THAT THE ELDERLY ARE USING THEM, AND POSSIBLY HAVING THIS SORT OF A REACTION WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WHY IS WHAT HAS LED ME TO WRITE TO YOU. I SHUDDER AT THE THOUGHT OF THE SUFFERING THIS HAS CAUSED. MY SKIN IS PERMANENTLY DAMAGED. I SAW THAT ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT MANUFACTURE THESE TRIED FOR EIGHT YEARS TO GET A PATENT ON THIS "ADDITIVE/CHEMICAL", AND FINALLY WITHDREW THE REQUEST. THE "UNSCENTED" NOMENCLATURE LEADS A CONSUMER TO BELIEVE SOMEHOW THIS IS A GOOD THING, BUT THE FACT THAT THERE IS SOMETHING INSIDE THE PADS THAT IS A CHEMICAL TO MASK THE SMELL OF THE URINE WITHOUT EVER EXPLAINING WHAT THAT CHEMICAL ADDITIVE IS, IS A TRAVESTY. I WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE PRODUCT I HAVE FOUND, AS I CANNOT BELIEVE MY VERY EXPENSIVE, BODY ALTERING EXPERIENCE HAS COME TO AN END. THANK-YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I HOPE YOU CAN LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. THERE WERE 3 SEPARATE VISITS TO A(B)(6) DERMATOLOGIST PROFESSOR; 12/2021-06/2022 A SKIN BIOPSY WAS ALSO PERFORMED. 3 ROUNDS OF HIGH DOSE REGIMENS OF PREDNISONE, AND TOPICAL KENALOG WERE PRESCRIBED.