But I do appreciate this source of information. I thought the blisters were cold sores – until I treated them with Abreva & Zovrirax and it did nothing. Thank you so much for sharing. While I’m eating foods that don’t produce an allergic reaction in my body, I’m still taking a number of vitamins that contain things like beeswax. The properties of Synthetic Beeswax resemble beeswax. Sorry to be so wordy here but I want other people to realize that you can have multiple allergies (pollen is also apparently a problem for me) and it’s so hard to pinpoint what the problem is. Beeswax itself does not seem to cause allergies, just when it has propolis mixed in with it (unfiltered beeswax). I am using Vaseline and Nivea to as it is still very dry but not so red. You get what you pay for and cheap balms contain cheap or artificial ingredients. I was so frustrated that finally I tried an over-the-counter cortisone cream. Once humans take it from the hive, they create three types of beeswax with it: Yellow beeswax: This is the raw beeswax product. Just sayin’ . Hope your lips feel better now. The first application, everything went fine, so at night, I applied it a second time. They itch and are on fire. Prescription ointments and creams containing anti histamine and steroid help reduce itching and swelling on the skin’s surface. My lip sensitivity began about five years ago after using EOS lipbalm. Nothing like it was. I have tried what feels like a billion lip balms, trying to find one that’s not irritating and that really moisturizes. Hi that sounds horrible! My daughter and I are both reactive to these fruits and we added soy milk to the list several months ago. Then the scab thinned out and became flaky, which it is still a little but not as bad as it was before. I just wanted to let you know that your article literally saved my life. I find it interesting that Balsam of Peru, Propolis (found in beeswax), Carnauba wax (cross-reaction with those who are allergic to propolis) and Jojoba oil (actually a wax, not a true oil) are each sensitizing substances. About a month ago I woke up one morning with swollen lips and what felt like hives around the edge of my mouth. Actually, some of the cold sore products made my lips burn and hurt even more. The links you provided should be very helpful. If you find something that works well for you, please share with us! Since that time, I have been experiencing ugly red patches that appear in varying sizes either side and below my mouth. I look and feel better, but I miss being able to “dress up” my face a little. Was your training in China conducted in Chinese? Thanks! I’m glad to find out about HOW beeswax can be an allergen. Im grateful for these postings! Could this be from the sunblock or the conch or even kissing my BF who also needed a shave. I have been to a dermatologist without any luck and do not know what chemical or product causes my contact dermatitis. Ugh! You may be fine with one scent, but others may send you into allergic misery. I stopped eating fish products from Asia as a result however I do continue to eat fish. My dermatologist did mention contact dermatitis. Can you recommend an alternative emulsifier for the lotion instead of beeswax? But at least you are now sure that propolis is the allergen. I’ve tried using straight olive oil or coconut oil but I don’t like the way it feels. Do you know of foods that can cause the same affect? I stay away from anything associated to bees, including honey which is hidden in many prepared dressings and other foods. Skip the honey in your tea until this resolves and your lips heal fully. I have been trying to figure out the problem for months. BOP will almost never be listed as such. Thanks! Never broke open or hurt, just very dry, cracked and blotchy. Sorry but Zi Zai has no intention (at this time) to branch out into making cosmetics. I would love to hear about any of you who can share your experience with filtered beeswax. I was taking Heparin blood-thinner and noticed burning sensations in my veins after drinking Smart Water porducts. I was going crazy trying to figure out what it was. I have never been able to use lipbalm, lip gloss or lipstic because my lips always got really dry, chapped and cracked after applying lip products. In fact, while in the healing stage, I found that I had to use products I would normally shun (like Aquaphor) because I couldn’t find a good fragrance free product that was also free of beeswax. My lips are getting better after cocnut oil mixed with honey. Try the BeeswaxFree herbal lip balm from Zi Zai Dermatology. The thing about eczema (if it is atopic dermatitis) is that the atopic person can react to many substances that a less-sensitive person would not react to. I do have honey with my tea each morning, I’m wondering if I could be allergic to honey as well as propolis? I was using various lip balms and the mouth problem was getting worse and worse. Conclusion. So happy to have the beginning of an answer, and looking at all these posts with great interest. I recently learned that colloidal silver drops can seriously speed up the healing process. ( The Aborigines have been using Sugar Bag for thousands of years ) Contact Allergy-Emerging Allergens and Public Health Impact. I see you have been dealing with this since 2012, can you recommend name brad products that you have found helpful? Synthetic Beeswax RSB by Koster Keunen can be substituted in formulations rather than using natural beeswax. I bet they have more brands if you dig through their site a bit. Amazing how much trouble a tiny allergy can cause, huh? Kester Wax K80H contains straight chain esters with chain lengths between ca. Nickel has cross allergies with some foods. I found your article very helpful. It was a major allergic reaction! Thank you again. Bottom line, by omitting Shea and the other butters, I am now on the fast track in healing my skin. Thank you thank you thank you so very very much for sharing! Severe swelling, burning, itching, peeling, and blistering lip issues for the last 6 months … patch testing this week shows I’m allergic to propolis. I’ve been applying vanilla infused goats milk soap to the infected areas and it was completely gone within 36 hours!!! Thank you for this product info…very helpful! I can’t seem to find this out for sure. Even the best allergy tests can give false postitives or false negatives, though they may be helpful. Let your lips dry out as quickly as possible so the skin can peel and once it does, let it. She believed this problem was due to stress from planning a wedding plus begin overwhelmed at work. Thanks! I have had a rash like you describe around my mouth for about 5 months which was very uncomfortable and frustrating. I would be curious to hear about your experience with it. Last week, one of my sisters gave me a tube of lip balm that she said she loves. how in the world do you cut out everything. Contact Dermatitis. I believe now that it very well could be the bees wax. This site needs JavaScript to work properly. Thanks! Does anyone know, can an allergist patch test for a beeswax allergy? and my lips look as normal as they did 4 months ago!! I starting using the compound and CortiBalm and it felt better in a couple days. Thank you so much! Bleached beeswax is usually reserved for use in making candles and non-cosmetic items. I am really glad that I came across this article which is very informative. Avoid propolis in any supplements, toothpaste and topical lotions. And now the Sugerbag wax is doing it too. Wish I could tolerate it but there are other great skin care product ingredients to use as a substitute. . Wrong! Do you know what might help? It’s meant to lend a structure similar to beeswax. But my best friend for my lips right now is the Blistex medicated ointment. Thank you! After years of perming, weaving, braiding my hair I got tired and cut it. I have been struggling with perioral dermatitis for almost 2 months. (Turns out some foods/drinks did make it worse even though they were not the original cause of the rash. I am happy you have found your solution so your lips can be free again! Sorry, wanted to point out one more thing…. Now that I have read this I am so happy to have an answer!!! Be patient bc if this is a contact dermatitis, it will take several days to calm down and your lips will eventually feel tight and then peel. About a month ago I had a respiratory virus, urinary tract infection and then my lips developed a rash just like yours! Do you have a skin rash that was caused by a common ingredient in your skin care products? Thanks so much! That worked for a while but the problem kept coming back so I was recently back to cortisone and various lip balms. On a side note..I got another tattoo last Saturday, and have been putting Bacitracin on it to help with the healing process…low and behold..I am allergic to Bacitracin as well! although i am afraid to try any other lip balms now. I tried to look for lip products without beeswax and some products have Candelilla wax instead. I am stumped =p. I’ve seen it twice EVER, and both times was a medicinal balm that listed it as “peruvian balsam.” I’ve never seen it listed on a food product (it’s always called “natural flavor,” though something called “natural flavor” may not necessarily contain BOP… you just have to avoid NF regardless since it’s so non-specific). They both arrived yesterday and I tried the dark one first and immediately had a reaction. I also healed my lips using vitamin E oil! It was your blogs that made me see the connection. http://celiacandallergyadventures.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/cosmetics-for-celiac-asthma-eczema-and-allergies/. She had given me an ointment that I wasn’t using (because I figured my stuff was better…lol) so I am using that this morning to get relief. You cannot purchase from them but you can get educated and they have links where to purchase the products they recommend: I searched for “pharmaceutical grade beeswax” and received results most consisting of “pharmaceutical grade beeswax” for work with paint, etc (target audience being artists). So thank you for taking time to make a difference! I would then also add mustache wax to this list of products to avoid. This worked for about two weeks then the same thing all over again. This is so helpful, I had exact same thing on lips, and just used more and more Burt’s Bees chapstick, making it worse and worse until I learned it was the Burt’s Bees that was causing the problem! Next spring it came back and took another 4 months to heal. This is EXACTLY what my lips look like! Tough to say what’s going on from here. Readers, please check out Vanessa’s comments on the other post as well – very helpful info. Someone above mentioned candilila wax. I just purchased some propolis to help with other health ailments…. The redness extended halfway up to my nose, though it is difficult to see in this photo. Haven’t been able to use mascara for years so am excited to try the Cover Girl Super Thick Lash you recommend. It would be worth the small investment. Even though I don’t think, amongst the huge list of stuff that I am allergic/sensitive to, that beeswax is one of them, at least not yet, I did have cheilitis and intractable perioral dermatitis for years, and I’m going through some (different type of) facial dermatitis at the moment, so all the thoughts and experiences and facts of the commenters here have been great to read through. In the last few days – I have finally found relief from pealing, irritated lips – by using Tates Natural Miracle Conditioning Lip Balm. Thank you for your post, which seems to be a gift that keeps on giving by way of helping others with valuable information. Thank you so much for sharing your info! I have had misery with my lips on and off for years and nonstop for the past six months. If you stop suddenly, you can get a rebound reaction. I just received the Zi Zai BeeswaxFree Lip Balm and the tinted limp balm! There is an awesome herbal patch used to treat bruising and pain that I give to many of my patients with injuries, but it contains menthol and in sensitive individuals it can cause a rash that looks like poison ivy. Wow! SUPER embarrassing.. My ob/gyn sent me to a dermatologist as she wasn’t sure what else to try since the Valtrex wasn’t working. I use only organic/all-natural products and have cycled through dozens of lip balms (thus the belief that it was not contact dermatitis, but something systemic). I think it is awesome. Nasal issues include sinus congestion, a runny nose, sneezing and sinus pressure caused by inflammation in the sinus cavity. I’m really looking forward to trying the Beeswax Free Chap Stick from Zi Zai. I was kinda freakin out. I used beeswax to gain dreed locks about 5 years ago in the summer time. I did not find that to be the case myself and had to do a round of steroids over that fiasco, so be careful. This blog is great and has a lot of really great information… I’m still trying to eliminate various things and figure out what is triggering my rash. I used olive oil at night & bag balm during the day. Thank You for your insight ! I went through an allergy patch test and found a sensitivity to Peruvian Balsam (and derivitives). Our suggestion is to patch test, apart from the baseline series and the patient's own products, also with beeswax and propolis. A synthetic (hence the name) form of beeswax composed of a mixture of alcohol esters. Vitamin E oil can be derived from many sources. I’m calling the company about the vitamin e oil to see if they can give me more insight. I have never had hives in my life! If you refrigerated your lotion immediately after making it, you could probably safely use it for up to 2 weeks (max.). The funny thing is, when I use lipstick the rash comes out around my eyes and on top of my eyelids and at the corners of my mouth. I have placed an order for your beeswax free balm and can’t wait to try it! But I have been using it for about 3 month-ish before the rash first appeared, so I thought maybe it was because the lip balm that I’m using is no longer in a good condition, so I purchased a new one. Give it a couple of days of just Vaseline and try our lip balm again once they are calm. Glad you figured out what your allergy was and thanks again for sharing. I react to honey and beeswax immediately. For dry lips (mine were such a sight!) That was when my research led me to studies that revealed propolis was a sensitizing agent (frequent exposure to it over time causes the skin to become sensitive to it). The doctor doesn’t seem to know what else to do with me, he told me that I have a weird case of contact dermitits. Among those 14, eight had positive reactions to both types of wax, five only to yellow wax, and one only to white wax. I Have Been Struggling With It On And off Since June! I’ve been beeswax free for two weeks and its the first time in a long time that I haven’t had overly chapped or complete rash break out on my lips. I have learned that they don’t always list every ingredient. My ob/gyn thought maybe hormones were part of the problem, as I was six month pregnant the time. i then started using vaseline lip therapy, but for some reason i bought another burt’s beeswax lip balm (not knowing i was allergic to it) and obviously the reaction occurred again, it was bad but not as bad as the first time. What’s strange is I use “un-petroleum” jelly (which also has beeswax in its list of ingredients) and don’t seem to have a problem with those. I am glad the information we shared has been helpful to you! If you try an alternative to beeswax, go with candililla wax. I woke up today with my lips looking exactly like yours in the picture above. I just figured it was from the cold. 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