and welcome to my blog! Another late post today, my days are all very off since Thursday with no clue why.
Having a lifestyle blog gives me the opportunity to share some stuff that is wonderful, and most of the time that's what I wore with, but it also allows me a chance to talk about some negative things... an insight on everyday struggles. Personally one of my everyday struggles is that I am basically allergic to the sun. Now, you'll find images and information all over the internet like this
and that's with a simple google search for "Sun Poisoning"
and it'll say how sun poisoning is a "severe case of a sunburn" and while this may be true- it is different for me and there are several other people who have the same experience.
My sun poising starts of as a small pimple looking thing that is incredibly painful and super itchy. It is always on my chin or nose and once the bump opens up it burns like fire and you know that this isn't a sunburn in the slightest. It feels as though the sun targets one area of your entire body to torment and it does just that. Okay, so it opens up... burns... and becomes horrendous (it looks like a scab of some sort) basically at this point your cells are trying to protect you and heal the area. Which is why this is developed into an scabby thing that everyone stares at and asks what happened or how did you fall (insert crying laughing emoji here). After living with this for years I've learned how to cope and deal with all of this and more. Through trail and error of course. And because you can't find any of this on the internet I thought I would share it just in case there is anyone who has it and hasnt found a cure for it yet!
Let me just give you the background of how we discovered I was allergic to the sun.
I used a really cheap CVS Sunscreen (SPF 80) at Band Camp (I know it should stay at band camp but... one exception) when I was 14 or 15 and developed bumps on my nose (those pimple looking things I talked about). We put Neosporin on it and aloe thinking it was from the sunburn. The next day, my eyes were swollen shut. We went to the doctor and they sent us to an eye doctor to make sure that the eye hadn't been affected- they were not, but both doctors said they thought it was shingles and that there was no other explanation. But the culture came back negative. So I was "Whatever, okay" about it, at least until it happened again. Back to the doctor I went and no answers just more medicine. Would you believe that my pharmacist told me what I had? It's true.
Okay so now that I have a diagnosis, what now? He told me Abreeva is the same stuff that was in the cream they use for shingles... which is good for the pain and healing. Echinacea would help too. It builds your immune system and it's a natural vitamin you take twice daily. Tylenol would help the pain.
Thank God for him! So that's my story- it was a lot shorter than I thought it would be but felt like months in reality.
First, if your gonna be in the sun for 15 minutes or more... use a GOOD sunscreen. Personally since I got sun poisoning I have to use Banana Boat for Kids SPF 110+ or Australian Gold for Kids SPF 110+ and I settle for nothing less that SPF 100+ in a name brand for kids. I know they say it doesn't matter after SPF 50+ but I agree to disagree.
Hats. I hate them but they help especially if you are in the sun for 30 minutes or more.
Take the vitamin- they are disgusting and awful but if you know you are gonna be in the sun just go ahead and take it. It helps before the sun poisoning hits.
If you get sun poisoning, put Abreeva on it every 6 hours to help numb the pain and heal it and Tylenol to have the pain bearable. You might wanna try Benadryl too.
And that's about it, I know it isn't much to go on however it's what i've basically learned in six-ish years.
Love,
P.S. I don't take pictures when I have sun poisoning but the next time I do get it I will post pictures.
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