F.A.Q. All that must be known about organic and hypoallergenic fabric.

  1. WHO IS HYPOALLERGENIC FABRICFOR?

    It is for all who suffer from allergic dermatitis caused by fabric contact and also for the people who want to avoid allergies caused by contact with "non certified" fabrics.

  2. CAN HYPOALLERGENIC CLOTHES AVOID DERMATITIS CAUSED BY CONTACT WITH FABRICS?

    Yes, of course. Hypoallergenic clothes can prevent the onset of dermatitis on healthy adults and kids. Hypoallergenic garments can also help people who suffer from dermatitis wear dyed clothes without any consequences.
    In fact these articles have been tested on voluntary patients suffering from contact dermatitis and the clothes didn't cause any side effects.

  3. WHAT ARE THE FEATURES OF HYPOALLERGENIC CLOTHES?

    1. Row materials from certified organic agriculture, so not treated with pesticides and other harmful chemicals.
    2. Weaving carried out using hypoallergenic oils , tested at the Dermatology Laboratory.
    3. dying carried out only using hypoallergenic substances, tested at the Dermatology Laboratory.
    4. strict and frequent controls have been carried out inside the factory in order to check the procedures of maintenance and cleaning of the machines as well as of the manufacturing environment itself. This has been done to avoid that the product could be contaminated by the external environment.

  4. WHERE CAN YOU BUY HYPOALLERGENIC CLOTHES?

    1. On line, our website is www.vestireinsalute.org

    2. In all the shops which are interested in selling our articles.

  5. WHAT KIND OF DYES HAVE BEEN USED?

    Dyes that have been tested on voluntary patients suffering from contact dermatitis who didn't have any allergic reactions. (see University report).

  6. DOES ORGANIC MEANS HYPOALLERGENIC?

    No, it doesn't. Organic means environment preservation but an organic product is not necessarily hypoallergenic. You can be allergic to an organic garment that has been dyed with not polluting substances that are not not hypoallergenic tested.

  7. WHO IS VIS - VESTIRE IN SALUTE (whearing healthy clothes)?

    It is a no-profit consortium made up of textile firms. The consortium owns the research results and gives to the firms its fabrics forr the production of hypoallergenic clothes.
    Recently the consortium has started a self-financing campaign selling hypoallergenic T-shirt to those people suffering from contact allergy .who could only wear white clothes.

  8. HAS THE NUMBER OF DERMATITIS CAUSED BY FABRICS CONTACT INCREASED LATELY? WHY?

    Yes, it has. Lately the number of dermatitis caused by fabrics contact has increased (700,000 people suffering from dermatitis in Italy) as a consequence of the import of clothes and fabrics that haven't been checked, so they have been manufactured using substances cargenogenic andc allergenic.