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tiamatlady) wrote2004-10-15 12:27 am
tiamatlady) wrote2004-10-15 12:27 am
Well
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.
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the good news is, it's not permanent. it goes away in usually about a year (mine was more like two years).
*hug*
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It HAS to be, although I question how my scalp is fine, and it has contact with the dye, and my facy is all old and wrinkly looking.
It has to be tho, it's the only common denominator, AND I have patches on my inner arms, where dye and water gets (I'm not exactly GOOD at the whole thing, and when I raise my arms to comb the dye through it splatters.)
I'm hoping it's the gloves, and that simply using disposables will help. $20 every couple of months at Sally's is a far cry from $50 every two months.
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also, what kind of gloves are you using? I'm not allergic to latex, but I am allergic to the powdery stuff they put on the inside of latex gloves.
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re: Gloves - See THIS is where I'm thinking the problem is - I purchased reuseable gloves from Sally's when I started buying dye and stuff there. Ever since I stoped useing one shot gloves I started having this problem. I actually bought a second pair as the first were too big and i'm still having issues. My thought is there's dye stains on the gloves, and my skin isn't liking it.
I'm going to do my thing one more time, with new, disposable gloves. If my skin is OK, it was the gloves. If it freaks, it's the dye and how I'm doing things. I think the whole "bend over sick, get face covered in dye water" could be part of the culprit. And I'll do a spot test next time first.
It has to be something with the process, it's the only common denominator.
Contact Dermatitis
Re: Contact Dermatitis
And my makeup is OK. I use disposable wedges to put on foundation, I use Cover Girl, and have been using it while my skin is clear with no isses, AND now have new liquid eyeliner (one of my MAC purchases) that doesn't seem to have the bad effects.
I thought it was my makeup, and i was devastated. A Goth Chick without Black Eyeliner! UnPOssible!
Re: Contact Dermatitis
I just wear Chanel's Vamp masacara and it's knock off from Sephora but that is about it... Else I have contact dermatitis for months under my eye even with meds.
Re: Contact Dermatitis
I went about a month without any breakouts/downs. The last time this happened I had just dyed my hair. A week later, things had healed, I put on LARGE goffic makeup and was totally fine. I've been fine every time I've gotten all tarted up since. And the itching and redness started Tuesday Morning, and makeup didn't get applied til Wednesday night.
The Cover Girl (unfragranced!) base actually helps things, it's got a moisturizer in it and I didn't itch at all most of the night. My lips were very dry tho, and I was using my new MAC lipstick. It could have looked SO much better but there was only so much it could do with cracked and peeling lips.