Burrell,

try a "free" detergent and see if that helps.

That sounds vaguely topical allergic reaction. Maybe have their pediatrician look at it?

I'm thinking that you have sensitive skin (mostly I think this because I do and sometimes we're twins) and they could too. I get weird welty things sometimes and most every bite or abrasion gets inflamed. Basically my skin freaks out if air blows the wrong way. Though I am pretty sure the current itching is totally psychosomatic which is silly.

I kinda think free detergent is a good idea. Especially since it's not just torso but crotch. Chemicals, fibers, excessively dry air?

io9 and the other sites are making me want to get an account and slap a few people with facts. And jalopnik is the worst. People are being wrong on the internet and I cannot just get over it.

I was about the say the same thing, le nubian. It is possible we're actually the same person.

People often develop mild allergies to scented laundry detergents, and the rash usually shows up wherever clothes stay close to the skin, like around the waist. Tide Free used to be the best, but it's gotten hard to find. I'm leaning towards All Free and Clear being the best of the easily available ones.

Tide Free used to be the best, but it's gotten hard to find.

Ginger, did you see the article about how Tide is being stolen to be used as currency on the street? Wacky. No other detergents: just Tide!

I rash up from scented detergents and a bunch of other stuff. My epidermis, it is a delicate flower.

Yes, Ginger, le n, and Cass, I just switched back to a hypoallergenic detergent. That's what I had used, but missed scents and bought a scented one. That was probably a mistake.

I think I've IDed our bugs: not bed bugs, carpet beetle larvae. We found two of them. Looks like I'll still be bagging and washing all the clothes anyway. sigh. And DH is quite skeptical that this is just a reaction to the larvae.

Ginger, did you see the article about how Tide is being stolen to be used as currency on the street? Wacky. No other detergents: just Tide!

How many papers made a crack about money laundering?

I had never heard of those but according to this article [link] , the weird locations can be explained. And steam cleaning, not chemicals. Huh.

That's what I had used, but missed scents and bought a scented one. That was probably a mistake.

I think that is one a lot of us make. I certainly do on various things.

I would really like this thousand dollar coat. Even if I could afford that, I don't think I'd even spend that on a coat but it's making me feel a bit Gollum.

Ginger and I are sharing a mind meld.

Burrell, I mentioned the detergent change because the nubian family has a long history of having skin reactions to all kinds of random shit in localized areas - whether it is contact dermatitis, something we ingested, etc.

So I could imagine that your children might have weird ass bumps from a detergent reax on some areas and not others.