TIPS for preventing contamination

1. If you discover you have this allergy, THROW OUT all of your socks and pantyhose when you start to accumulate new shoes. You cannot wash the chemical out of socks no matter how frequently you wash them and you will simply contaminate your new shoes.

2. Be a crazy person! Don't let other people wear your shoes. Tell everyone you know that they can't even try them on!

3. Keep your shoes separate from everyone else's. I have an ikea closet with a shoe rack specifically for this reason.

4. If you are buying shoes in a store, ask for the newest pair or a pair other people haven't tried on. That way you run less risk of a sweaty-footed person contaminating your thiuram-free shoes via their socks.