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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Top comments
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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Comments (198)
iondadola 0
Well look, fml is full of doctors! I'm sure op is all better now from the good advice.
ily_xox 0
haha I'm allergic to band aids tooo FML
Kannachan13 9
I'm allergic to the adhesive too, I have a couple band-aid shaped scars on my body. I have the same issue with some medical tapes, so I usually just leave the bandage on until it stops bleeding and then leave it open.
caitlyn_skater 0
if it was a tiny cuz then why did u need a band aid?? but still haha:P
metalr82 0
hey moron do you know why irony is?
iridianpulido 0
ur not allergic to the band aid ur allergic to latex,try non latex band aids next time
tencentsakiss 19
yea I think it will suck more for op when they realize they're also related to latex condoms.
Myntee 0
Not necessarily. I'm allergic to bandaids and not latex. Well condoms don't seem to cause me any trouble any way...and I haven't noted any reaction to any other rubber or latex products. I think it's the adhesive.
57bears 0
not ironic
killerbeee01 0
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nahved 0
how is tht an fml?
Blue_Coconuts 7
Also, if you're allergic to them, it's expected to make a small rash. However the notion that OP just found out is interesting in the fact that as a child that means they never got a shot, or a cut and thus never got a bandaid, which is just silly and is rather suspect. So most likely there was another cause behind it, or OP is an idiot. But with something so common as the material in bandaids, they should be fully aware.