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DOCUMENT (B)(4). IT STARTED WHEN I BOUGHT KOTEX U NIGHT TIME PADS. I USED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND BY MONDAY I NOTICED A LARGE BUMP ON MY LEFT BUTTOCKS, BY TUESDAY MORNING, I HAD A SEVERE RASH THE EXACT SAME SIZE AND SHAPE AS THE PAD. I WENT TO THE DR WHO HAD TO PUT ME ON 2 DIFFERENT ANTIBIOTICS DUE TO RISK OF STAPH INFECTION. BY WEDNESDAY, MY RASH HAS SWOLLEN 3 TIMES THE SIZE AND STARTED SEEPING. MY DR SENT ME STRAIGHT TO ER WHERE THEY INJECTED ME WITH A STEROID AND SENT ME HOME ON 2 DIFFERENT STEROIDS. THEY TOLD ME NOT TO RETURN TO WORK UNTIL MONDAY DUE TO SIGNIFICANT INFECTION, I CALLED KOTEX/KIMBERLY CLARK AND SPOKE TO (B)(4) WHO ASSURED ME THAT SHE'S NEVER HEARD OF THIS; HOWEVER, WHEN I INVESTIGATED I FOUND THAT ON KOTEX'S OWN WEB SITE (WWW.COMMUNITY.KOTEX.COM) THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR HORROR STORIES. NOW I HAVE TO GO SEE A DERMATOLOGIST TOMORROW. AFTER 2 DRS APPOINTMENTS, AND ER VISIT, OVER (B)(6) IN MEDICATION AND 2 DAYS OFF WORK WITHOUT PAY I AM FURIOUS, IN EXTREME PAIN, EMBARRASSED AND HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED FROM A FEMININE PRODUCT THAT NOT ONLY DOESN'T LIST THE INGREDIENTS OF THEIR PRODUCT, BUT APPALLED THAT FEMININE PRODUCT DO NOT HAVE TO LABEL THEMSELVES AS HYPO ALLERGENIC OR NON-HYPO ALLERGENIC. AND FYI- I'VE NEVER HAD ANY ALLERGIES OR SENSITIVITIES PRIOR TO THIS SO WHATEVER KOTEX IS USING (MADE IN (B)(6)) IS OBVIOUSLY NOT SAFE FOR ALL WOMEN. RETAILER: (B)(6). PURCHASE DATE: (B)(6) 2012. THE PRODUCT WAS NOT DAMAGED BEFORE THE INCIDENT. THE PRODUCT WAS NOT MODIFIED BEFORE THE INCIDENT. REPORT#: (B)(4).