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If i am allergic to wool, will i also be allergic to cashmere?
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Possibly not: Cashmere is from goats, while wool is obviously from sheep. That may be different enough to allow you to tolerate it. The only way you will know is to test it. You can expose a small area of skin to cashmere to see how you tolerate it. Start with short exposures.
Answered 2/12/2019
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