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Tiamatlady ([personal profile] 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.

[identity profile] halo.livejournal.com 2004-10-15 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
aw, man. I had contact dermatitis for a while. My skin was so sensitive, a friend of mine used to trace his name on my arm with a fingertip so he could watch his name appear in hives on my skin a few seconds later.

the good news is, it's not permanent. it goes away in usually about a year (mine was more like two years).

*hug*

[identity profile] halo.livejournal.com 2004-10-15 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
maybe try switching brands of dye? and if you don't do this already, maybe try putting vaseline along your hairline when you dye, so less of the toxic stuff actually gets on your skin?

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.

Contact Dermatitis

[identity profile] mizdarkgirl.livejournal.com 2004-10-15 08:46 am (UTC)(link)
Are sure you aren't a redhead? Most makeup sets me off...

Re: Contact Dermatitis

[identity profile] mizdarkgirl.livejournal.com 2004-10-15 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
I can't wear any makeup with black in it. So it is POssible!
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.