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I should have more to write, but everything is kinda status quo, I'm working a lot, stll crushing etc. Don't have time to write about a lot right now.
My face is freaking out again. VERY not happy.
BUT
This time, after applying my face cream and having it BURN, and finally getting home and being able to wash it, and getting some relief, I started on the Web again, desperate to understand this. I Just Don't Get It!
Contact Dermatitis
There's a slideshow at the Mayo Clinic site, and WHAM - there are my swollen eyes.
*sigh of relief* Exactly. I figured I'd start with that skin stuff just to either rule it out or get a lead.
I've never been so happy to see swollen red eyes in my life.
So I start reading on that site, and poking about, and it has a list of items that MIGHT cause irritation. And there's a common denominator on the list that kinda relates to my symptoms.
Hair dye.
It has stuff in it, I'm unclear of the ingredient, but it's on the list.
- I dyed my hair Sunday. Itchy eyes by Tuesday.
- I redyed my hair prior to going to Scotland, to cover the faded blue. Swollen eyes all the way through, and I THINK I redyed it the instant I got home, and I had the WORST symptoms ever, since they hadn't died down yet.
- I've dyed my hair in between, and I've had a flareup then too. I'm not sure of the timing.
The Scotland timing, and THIS timing says it's the dye, something in the developer or dye, or the gloves. I HAVE been using a particular pair of gloves, and since I hate them anyway, I think I'm throwing them away, and getting disposables. In Fact I think it might be the residue on the gloves, since I DON'T remember a breakout when the gloves were new (IE Unused)
I'm going to try that on my next dye, using fresh one use gloves, and see if that helps. If it DOESN'T I'll know it's the dye and try to figure something out. I MIGHT be going to the salon to have my hair colored and cut every 6 weeks. That would SO SUCK! Maybe I can buy a package from her while I have Tax Season money.
I'm relieved to find SOME sort of explanation. The website said sometimes it take a few days for contact dermatitis to set in, which fits perfectly with the hair dye scenario, instead of me having to look at something on Tuesday, or Monday, and I'd been wracking my brain and nothing was coming up.
Anyway, I need to double check some of the things I'm selling, wrap a box and head to bed soon. I'm very tired and my face is very sore.
My face is freaking out again. VERY not happy.
BUT
This time, after applying my face cream and having it BURN, and finally getting home and being able to wash it, and getting some relief, I started on the Web again, desperate to understand this. I Just Don't Get It!
Contact Dermatitis
There's a slideshow at the Mayo Clinic site, and WHAM - there are my swollen eyes.
*sigh of relief* Exactly. I figured I'd start with that skin stuff just to either rule it out or get a lead.
I've never been so happy to see swollen red eyes in my life.
So I start reading on that site, and poking about, and it has a list of items that MIGHT cause irritation. And there's a common denominator on the list that kinda relates to my symptoms.
Hair dye.
It has stuff in it, I'm unclear of the ingredient, but it's on the list.
- I dyed my hair Sunday. Itchy eyes by Tuesday.
- I redyed my hair prior to going to Scotland, to cover the faded blue. Swollen eyes all the way through, and I THINK I redyed it the instant I got home, and I had the WORST symptoms ever, since they hadn't died down yet.
- I've dyed my hair in between, and I've had a flareup then too. I'm not sure of the timing.
The Scotland timing, and THIS timing says it's the dye, something in the developer or dye, or the gloves. I HAVE been using a particular pair of gloves, and since I hate them anyway, I think I'm throwing them away, and getting disposables. In Fact I think it might be the residue on the gloves, since I DON'T remember a breakout when the gloves were new (IE Unused)
I'm going to try that on my next dye, using fresh one use gloves, and see if that helps. If it DOESN'T I'll know it's the dye and try to figure something out. I MIGHT be going to the salon to have my hair colored and cut every 6 weeks. That would SO SUCK! Maybe I can buy a package from her while I have Tax Season money.
I'm relieved to find SOME sort of explanation. The website said sometimes it take a few days for contact dermatitis to set in, which fits perfectly with the hair dye scenario, instead of me having to look at something on Tuesday, or Monday, and I'd been wracking my brain and nothing was coming up.
Anyway, I need to double check some of the things I'm selling, wrap a box and head to bed soon. I'm very tired and my face is very sore.
