# Rash  (WAYYYYY TMI)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rash-wayyyyy-tmi/338866>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 7, 2006, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rash-wayyyyy-tmi/338866 "2006-01-07T06:37:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rash-wayyyyy-tmi/338866/1 "2006-01-07T06:37:27Z")

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So I was fooling around with my significant other, and got some of my semen on my stomach. When I went to shower it off, much to my chagrin, the entire area that I spilled on had broken out into a red splotchy rash.

a) Has this happened to anyone else?  
b) Am I in any danger from being allergic to myself?  
c) Is there anything to be done?

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rash-wayyyyy-tmi/338866/2 "2006-01-07T06:40:19Z")

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> [@Reyemile](#):
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> So I was fooling around with my significant other, and got some of my semen on my stomach. When I went to shower it off, much to my chagrin, the entire area that I spilled on had broken out into a red splotchy rash.
> 
> a) Has this happened to anyone else?  
> b) Am I in any danger from being allergic to myself?  
> c) Is there anything to be done?

a) Not me.  
b) Maybe.  
c) Avoid your face.

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**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rash-wayyyyy-tmi/338866/3 "2006-01-07T08:33:42Z")

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Some people are apparently allergic to semen.

OR

You have radioactive/acidic/flesh-eating-bacteria-infected/Og-knows-what semen.

Has it happened before?

IANAD by the way…

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**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rash-wayyyyy-tmi/338866/4 "2006-01-08T00:08:13Z")

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This happened to me! One time, I got some on my chest and broke out in hives. My GYN said that there are chemicals in semen that can cause an inflammatory reaction. I think I was just allergic to that guy… anyway, you’re not the only one, I hope that makes you feel better.