Comments on: Chemical Burns from Tagless Clothes

By: Janet

Janet — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:21:50 +0000

My Granddaughter has had two small rash patches on the top of her back and we have been trying to figure out what they are from. I just looked at some of the clothes my daughter has here for her and several of the items are from Carter’s and they are tagless. I think we may have found the problem! Thank you.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:02:38 +0000

I read about these rashes and thought it only occured in young childrens clothes but recently I purchased some IZOD shirts for my grandson (catholic school) and after wearing he broke out. I washed the shirts before wear but now he is constantly complaining about the rash. What can we do to prevent this?

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:40:49 +0000

Is cutting tags out really too much work for people now-a-days?

By: Carla

Carla — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:12:24 +0000

This one takes the cake. I never heard of this! A lot of my clothes are tag-free (workout clothes, form fitting shirts and Ts, etc). Thank you bringing this to our attention.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:45:08 +0000

I read all about this on ZRecs-they have an update about it! Go read here: http://www.zrecommends.com/detail/carters-responds-to-zrecs-inquiry/

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:20:05 +0000

Update: ZRecs has reported that Carter’s tagless lables were/are made with phthalates and they think the problems with thier labels was isolated to one season.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:20:44 +0000

Katie, I am unsure what it is. The companies have been secretive thus far about what is in these tags.

Amber, I have never much paid attention to the tagles sissue before now so I am unsur eif organic clothing companies have tagless options. None of my kids clothes do, to my knowledge.

Asithi, it is hard to avoid them. Bt as ling as your kids don’t react to them it may be somehting you don’t need to worry about…until we can find out for sure if there are plasticizers in the tags.

By: asithi

asithi — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:17:11 +0000

This is scary! I’ve gone completely tagless on everyday, even my underwear. I think it is now hard to find certain items with a tag in them.

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:18:21 +0000

So does organic tagless clothing use the same ink? Is there such a thing as organic tagless clothing?

By: Katie Russell

Katie Russell — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:34:54 +0000

is this really a chemical burn, or an allergy to latex or something in the tagless tag? we have some carters and old navy tagless things for ds and i have some also.. we have never had a problem, does this mean we should avoid them also? seems like an allergy to me..

By: ana

ana — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:09:07 +0000

PLEASE stay away from hydrocortisone cream…. it messes up you adrenal system. There is a great homeopathic cream called florasone and it works great. I’ve been using it on my 10 month old due to severe dermatitis/eczema. no side effects to the cream ans safe for children

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:39:09 +0000

My son developed this same allergic reaction at six months – to Carter’s onesies and outfits with the large block stamp. At first we thought it was excema or something like that, since he has sensitive skin. It was hard to pinpoint and I took him to the pediatrician, who just thought it was a heat rash. She told me to put some hydrocortisone ointment (not cream) on it, and that helped. He was fine in the other onesies from Gerber with the stamp, but since theirs wasn’t a huge block, it didn’t irritate him. Once I put him back in the Carter’s one, it would flare up again.
I called Carters about it, and they said they had similar complaints. I asked if they had latex in the stamp, and she said no. I was mainly concerned about my son being allergic to latex his whole life. She said others had similar problems and that it was a “heat rash”. And that they were looking into it. I got a teddy bear in the mail from them. Ugh.
Anyway, my quick fix was to cut an old t-shirt into the size of the square stamp and use fusing tape to cover it up. (I don’t sew!) It’s worked and he gets to wear his cute onesies.
I still buy at Carter’s and my son is not allergic to the newer stamps (thank goodness!).
If your child develops an allergy to the stamps, I recommend the hydrocortisone cream ASAP. Definitely don’t let it get to the stage of the other mom’s child whose photos were posted! Yikes!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:06:30 +0000

I think that this may be a LATEX allergic reaction. The “paint” used to silkscreen these tags onto clothing probably has a latex base. I have had an allergic type reacton to the tag area in one of my sports bras, and I know I am allergic to latex.

Just a thought… Someone (the marketing departments of these companies) probably ought to explore that further…

By: julie

julie — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:20:57 +0000

Oh no! I hate to hear that. My kids don’t complain about tags, but we do buy the tagless stuff without even thinking about it.
I think a lot of the pj’s from Children’s Place are tagless. Probably both sleeping in them right now……this just infuriates me.
Thanks Tiffany.

By: Cheri D

Cheri D — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:59:26 +0000

Wow, I had no idea. If it is not one thing it is another! When will companies get it!! I feel so sad for the little ones that are gettig rashes. I’m keeping a close eye on my son and am sharing this with my mom friends.
Thanks so much for posting this information!

By: Jennifer A

Jennifer A — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:53:54 +0000

We’ve been very lucky I guess since my son has SPD and hates tags. I’ll be keeping my eyes open for signs.

By: julie

julie — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:50:09 +0000

hmmm…..figures. I guess that explains why I always have a constant rash on my upper back. I would’ve never thought. No more tagless for us. Gosh, now that I think of it, are there many new clothes out there that aren’t tagless?? We don’t get new clothes too often, mostly new. But, I do have a 10 yr old girl who’s gotta have the “latest”……lol.

By: Bena

Bena — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:30:43 +0000

Thanks for writing about this. I had assumed they used the same clothing dyes used for fabric. No reactions noted yet but I might sew a small piece of fabric over the label of our existing pieces of clothing – of course, in all my copious spare time! ;) Then I’ll definitely avoid buying them in the future.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:41:23 +0000

Wow – this is really scary! I have a bunch of tagless stuff for my kids (and my husband also loves the tagless undershirts!). I haven’t noticed any issues, but will definitely keep my eyes open now. Thanks so much for sharing@

By: Colleen - Mommy Always Wins

Colleen - Mommy Always Wins — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:16:47 +0000

Wow, that IS scary! My kids love the tagless shirts – my 4yo actually picks out the shirts w/o tags as he prefers them! We (luckily) haven’t had issues with them, but I will keep my eyes open!!!