Has anyone found specific carrier oils to trigger Hay Fever or Asthma?

[MEEEEEEEEE]

A few of the girls in my various massage courses have mentioned suffering from mild Hay Fever oe very mild Asthma for the first time, either last year or this year.

I made the connection with using COLD PRESSED carrier oils, especially in facial massage, as I assumed they contain many more pollen triggers.

However, I looked into the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology online database and generally in a few textbooks, but although there is plenty to suggest NOT using cold pressed nut oils with nut allergies - there was no mention of this in connection to ASTHMA and HAY FEVER.

In the meantime, I have been using expeller pressed apricot kernel oil (especially after reading a lot about peach kernel being highly allergenic).

Any thoughts on the issue?

 

[bhai_saddam]

I suppose it depends on what people are actually allergic too. Not everyone is allergic to the same kinds of pollens and not all asthmatics are triggered by pollens etc.

I wouldn't have thought there would have been a connection. I'm not sure whether pollen continues to be an active allergen after going through the extraction process or not. Interesting question!