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Title: Shea
Post by: SilverLining on September 22, 2020, 10:08:42 AM
I am considering purchasing a lotion that has Shea butter in it. Googling I find it’s a nut....or a drupe. I eat other drupes.
Do people here eat/use it? (Is it ever edible? I don’t know.)
Do people avoid it?
If you care to answer, please also include whether dealing with peanut or nut or both.
TIA
Title: Re: Shea
Post by: rebekahc on September 22, 2020, 11:19:06 AM
DD who is not allergic to peanuts or tree nuts is allergic to Shea used topically. I am allergic to peanuts and tree nuts (but not drupees that I’m aware of) and I do not react to topical Shea. Neither of us has ingested it to my knowledge.
Title: Re: Shea
Post by: SilverLining on September 22, 2020, 01:25:51 PM
Thank you for the info.
I read the labels of all the creams in my home. None have it.
Title: Re: Shea
Post by: PurpleCat on September 22, 2020, 03:21:21 PM
DD was contact sensitive for sure when she was a kid. We avoid and she has not eaten. Kleenex with shea made her whole face blow up when she was little and a lotion with shea irritated her skin too.
Title: Re: Shea
Post by: spacecanada on September 22, 2020, 05:54:33 PM
I am contact sensitive to Shea as well. PN/TN allergy and eczema.
Title: Re: Shea
Post by: becca on September 28, 2020, 05:30:41 AM
Dd is peanut/tree nut and uses Shea without issues. I think it’s in some chocolate, I’d have to check, but I do think so. I’ll have to check ingredients on safe brands she eats.
Title: Re: Shea
Post by: Ciel on September 28, 2020, 03:31:24 PM
I have no issues at all with shea butter. I use it in homemade lip balm and skin balms. I use it in a recipe to sooth my eczema, even. I guess with lip balm, I have ingested it. I haven’t eaten it in nut form to my knowledge.
I am allergic to peanuts and tree nuts (specifically only pistachios and cashews as far as I know).
Title: Re: Shea
Post by: SilverLining on September 28, 2020, 05:33:54 PM
I’ve ordered it. It’s a home made cream, made by probably the only person in the world I would trust to make it for me.
Title: Re: Shea
Post by: SilverLining on December 16, 2020, 12:22:41 PM
Just wanted to update, I have not had any issues with the cream.