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In lieu of joining one of those frankly odd vaping forums I thought I'd see if anyone here had any advice or had similar experiences.
I have tried and failed to give up smoking numerous times over the last 5 years so thought I'd give e-cigarettes a go. Four weeks on and I haven't even thought about having a smoke. It's been so easy and I've got down from 18mg to 6mg nicotine e-liquid in that time.
There's been a side effect though. I have what I think I can accurately describe as hives. I can't be certain It's the e-cig but it started a few days after I started on them. It's not particularly acute but it's annoying enough that I need to find out whatever is causing it and stop it.
Doing a bit of googling I've discovered that nicotine and flavourings aside two of the major ingredients in e-liquid are Propylene Glycol and Vegetable Glycerin, both of which it seems can cause allergic skin reactions in some people. I'm not sure how much stock to place in this information; using allergy as a suffix to any word when search on google will tell you everything in the world can cause an allergic reaction...
Has anyone had or heard of similar reactions?
The sensible thing to do would be to stop using it, but I'd rather the hives (for now) than start smoking again
Yours itchily
IP