Damn…must be pretty common if a company has a product specifically for it.
Looks comfy as well.
Ordered the sea weed sleeves
Thanks a bunch dude
My arms thank you
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I have this same problem and want to thank you for nugging me in the direction of something to help with it.
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I could see it causing irritations to some. And it makes sense to be your inner fore arm rather than outter, your outer arm takes more daily abuse whether its rubbing on stuff or getting burnt by the sun your skin will be tougher
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My whole inner forearm was red and had like 50 tiny bumps. Yeah thats gotta be it. Inner forearm skin is softer.
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Honestly it’s a sensitive area, I work in saltwater fish tanks and sometimes the underside of my arm will get irritated but not the other side. As for fresh vs dried plants, the fresh plants still have its natural defenses, which include volatile compounds that dissipate as it dries. Trichromes (not just the resin heads) themselves are part of the defense system, that include fragile spiky hair like structures.
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Nope, definitely not alone, this an issue I have struggled with as well. When my cabinet gets out of hand I really have no choice but to stick my arms deep into the jungle, and when essential oil production is high it gets itchy as fuck. I have often gloved up and then gotten my wife to wrap my forearms in saran wrap! 
Long sleeves are no good, just end up getting fibers stuck to your buds.
This is why I’ve ended up searching for veterinary exam gloves before… I just never seem to go through with it…
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yeah I get itchy bumps after a heavy defoliation or close inspection for bugs preflowers etc
usually only one or two though and they go away in a few hours.
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If you have old knee-length socks, cut the bottom 1/2 inch, use it like a sleeve, over your rubber gloves. I use this technique when I thoroughly clean my Pellet Stove. Throw them in the Washer, reuse!!! ALL, please take care, stay EXTRA safe (things getting worse), enjoy a splendid Holiday Season and, be well…mister 
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The non-glandular trichomes are the culprits for your rash. Tiny silica needles are present along with the glandular trichomes.
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I have the same problem like being on fire 
and too many edibles my nose runs like a faucet 
all the best
Dequilo
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I’ve noticed it too but also it seems some strains are worse than others & foliar sprays (i.e. neem, pyrethrins in my case) seem to be part of it too, IMO.
Long sleeves & gloves. 
Or coat yourself in hash before hand. 
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My skin gets irritated forearm, underarm, all over. If I touch my skin anywhere else after handling cannabis, that can become irritated too. I also get what I think is Aspergillosis from handling dried herb and also I hate trimming because the terpenes irritate the fuck out of my nose. I have to wear a mask but an industrial one, not the covid face masks. I’m a mess following trimming. It’s nuts. It’s the part I hate the most. Trim jail torture chamber.
I think Aspergillosis might run in the family, although this is like an amateur self diagnosis. My uncle had it bad and had to be on weird steroids and anti-biotics his whole life. He was told he either had to be on drugs his whole life or have part of his lung cut out. I get it after cutting back dusty plants also like ivy (which I hate - anyone who likes ivy is fucked imo).
I could never work as bud trimmer.
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@Mestizo jesus christ that doesnt sound good…
@cannabissequoia for me its definitely I strain thing. Also if I grow a strain more than once it starts affecting me more
Do you guys have regular allergies as well? Over the past year ive developed bad allergies. I think to dust cause its year round. My nose is always stuffy and constant post nasal drip.
My mother developed allergies around my age and my older sister as well. Sister sounds just like me always sniffling and snorting.
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Lol. NSA sees you dont have any cows and just assumes youre into some Bdsm type shit. Lol
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I do as I had my nose broke 7 times in 1974
use to block punches with my face
the pollen from maple trees in the spring kill me in the AM
so I smoke weed 
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This happens to me every time I trim. I have a specific long sleeve shirt that I use, and gloves. It still gets me a little though.
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No big time allergies. Dust affects me. I have a big fucking Roman nose and can smell shit on the wind from a mile away. Weirdly I can only inhale through one nostril at a time. At some point that’ll block up and the other one becomes unblocked. I thought I was the olnly one till a girl I worked with announced she had it and had an op to fix it. The op actually gave her other problems though. I’ve read particulates from pollution can bind to pollen exacerbating any allergy.
I do get weird asthma like attacks these days though. I bubbled some old trim I had the other day and my airways tightened up big time. I love joints but am going to have to vape more (which I like less) and edibles which I’ve never done and am lazily, slowly realising am gonna have to do as well.
I’m half Latin American and I have this sort of baby soft skin - not trying to brag but have noticed all my latin american fam have the same skin type. I’m pretty hairless as well. Girls or should I say ladies (I’m middle aged ffs) always remark how little arm hair I have.
I always recommend anyone wear a mask if they’re around or handling old plant matter. The shit n spores that come off that is deleterious to your health.
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Oh shit. Hold on. I’m allergic to cats. Apparently it’s something in their saliva. Not allergic to pussy though, thankfully. Apologies for the bad language/jokes.
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Yeah. I sometimes get skin irritation from the plants.
It’s not super severe, for me. Nothing like coming in contact with Hops vines (I have a few of those growing in my yard, and skin coming into contact with those is a poison ivy like rash that lasts days! I’ve learned to wear leather gloves and a long sleeve shirt when trimming those)
Pollen from male cannabis plants sends my allergies into orbit too.
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Yeah the hives go away after like 45 min to an hr. Just was curious how common this was.
I dry trim for this reason
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