Today, I discovered that I'm allergic to band-aids. I now have a band-aid shaped rash around a tiny cut on my leg. Oh the irony. FML
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Today, I finally went to have blood taken for an allergy test I really need. Afterwards, I had an allergic reaction to the bandaid they used on my arm. FML
Today, I got a paper cut while opening my box of Band-Aids. FML
Today, I sliced my arm open on the weekend, patched it with a fabric bandaid. Had an allergic reaction to the bandaid, arm now swollen, blistering and keeping-me-awake itchy. Pharmacist's advice? "Oooh, that looks bad. Better put a bandaid on that." FML
Today, I cut myself on a band-aid box, while trying to get one out for another cut. FML
Today, I was riding a longboard down a hill and I fell off. I was all scraped up so I made sure to clean my wounds and put bandages on them. Turns out I'm allergic to the glue on the bandages and I have itchy hives all over and around my open wounds. FML
Today, I learned the hard way that I'm allergic to a particular brand of tampon. FML
Today, I walked too close to a first-aid kit sticking out of a wall at work, and it cut my arm. Laughing at the irony, I opened it to get a band aid out. It was empty. FML
Today, I found out that I am allergic to one of the preservatives that they put in aloe. I found this out after I put some on a severe sunburn I have. Not only am I sunburned, but now I am severely itchy as well. FML
Today, as I peeled a now soggy Band-Aid off my finger, I discovered that in the dim light of yesterday evening, I had, with great anxiety, wrapped it around the wrong finger. FML
Today, I got a bug bite on my boob. I scratched it so much it started bleeding so I put a bandaid on it. Turns out the band-aid had latex in it and I got an allergic reaction to it. The bug bite is still bleeding and the top half of my boob is swollen. FML
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Marakara 0
A band-aid making your condition worse? That is a textbook example of situational irony. Quit being douchebags, especially when you're wrong.
yarbles 3
put some alcohol on that bitch and move on
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dcsididntdoit 0
I think the comment feature on FML should be turned off and they should get rid of it. These are just here to give you a good laugh or make you cringe. Not so you pathetic people with no lives can try and be dicks. Example^^ Hemhem.
SISSYwasHERE 0
its not an allergic reaction... whenever u wear bandaids too long u can get a rash... duh!
kingdachris 1
ever read the front of the wrapper, ALLERGY ITEMS
city147 0
that is a LATEX allergy and my son has it as well and u should be careful because MANY products are made from latex INCLUDING CONDOMS!! There are bandaids that are latex free for people with this issue.
spetchi 0
I'm actually allergic to the ADHESIVE they use on latex band-aids but not fabric band-aids. It could be that OP is allergic to the adhesive and not the latex.
catatonicsleep 17
I'm allergic to the adhesive too, I get the same reactions from other things like heart monitors.
spetchi 0
It seems like a lot of people are allergic to the adhesive (from reading these comments). Its just itchy and it'll go away after a while if you don't scratch. But if you're like me, you'll scratch until it bleeds and end with scars in the shape of a band-aid
Babblez 0
Yeah I'm the same, its the adhesive they use on the latex ones that get me. Same with the heart rate moniters. Its not latex coz I'm not allergic to condoms or latex gloves >.>
hannah6 0
I too, am allergic to the adhesive. So far I've found that the Band-aid brand "tough strips" are the ones i have the least reaction to.
Guerrilla8 0
That's not ironic.
ezioaudatore 0
i have a bandaid shaped scar on arm
jrock26 0
not at all ironic... annd.. aparently your life is really easy cuz that's not worth complaining about.. when u get shot or lose a limb that is f"d up.. but a bamdaid rash!?? psh!....
thatguy888 0
hwik
Marakara 0
A band-aid making your condition worse? That is a textbook example of situational irony. Quit being douchebags, especially when you're wrong.
jrock26 0
adhesive are one of the most common skin irritants that wussys call an allergy... when u break out into a full body rash and your throat swells shut that's an allergy worth complaining about.. for real...