I'm sensitive to cedar and I can't stop sneezing when I work with it , my eyes water and sneezing. I try to stay away from it.Love Cocobolo, however, I became sensitized to it and break out every time I even just touch a piece, and every time it is getting worse. Next time, I might end up in the hospital. My dermatologist told me in all his career, he had only two cases that developed an allergy to wood, one was a guy with issues with walnut and then me with Cocobolo.
When I used to work a lot with it, one day I had a rash after my turning session inside my elbow and on my upper chest - areas that were exposed to the fine dust created in turning. I didn't think much, and when I turned the next time some cocobolo, the same happened. But, it was worse...and every time I worked this wood it got worse.
Eventually ended up at the doctors and he pointed me to this sensitization that had occurred to me. I stopped using cocobolo. A few years later we went to Costa Rica on vacation and in a gallery that showed all mind of wood items, I picked up a nice bowl, turned from cocobolo....the same night I had a bad outbreak - on my chest and on the inside of my elbows, the areas I had been sensitized years ago. I had touched the bowl only with my hands, yet my body reacted on the spots it had been bad years ago initially.
Beautiful craftsmanship once again Steve!! Well done My FriendAlmost doneView attachment 1099880