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I outgrew my serious food allergies! When I was a baby/kid I was very allergic to dairy, eggs (extremely allergic – they made my brain swell apparently!), and either tomatoes or potatoes - I can’t remember which. I believe I also had other food allergies – my mom had to make all my baby food before that became an en vogue thing to do and said it was really difficult and a PITA.

I have NO food allergies now, except maybe a very slight one to kiwi fruit and sometimes milk/ice cream upsets my stomach if I eat a ton of it at once, but I can eat as much other dairy as I like.

My allergist said its very common to outgrow childhood allergies.

i'm hoping mine will! he was tested at about 6 months (early to test but he had terrible ezcema so they ordered a skin prick test and a blood panel) and found to be allergic to cow's milk, peanuts, walnuts, cantaloupe and eggs. now he's 16 months and we're trying to slowly test him on those foods to see if he's outgrowing. it's been hit or miss so far, he can tolerate a bit of milk or egg in cooked foods but if he eats too much he will vomit and his skin will react. i hope he outgrows them soon but i'm grateful his reactions are just vomiting and rashes rather than more dangerous ones.

Food allergies: I was diagnosed at 8 and then retested at 13 and they had all cleared. My allergist said that it can happen with puberty and I was a classic example. Hazelnuts still give me hives, but they are easy to avoid. No Nutella for me, womp womp.

Airborne allergies: I got shots for these, and very aggressive treatment. When I first started, we're talking 2 shots in each arm 2 times a week. The dose was lowered over the next 10 years until my sr year in high school. Then I was retested with mild to no reactions before I left for school. I am lucky to barely get hay fever symptoms now as an adult, so the shots really worked.

As a side effect, I am really good with needles now.