My adventure with PRP began in May of 2015. It all began very innocently with a few trips to the swimming pool. I have lived in the south my entire life and have always spent time in the sun. I worked outside in the sun for 16 years in Florida and I currently live in southeast Texas, I have never used sunscreen. For the past 15 years I have had an indoor job but I have spent generous amounts of time in the sun with no problems. This year when we started going to the pool, my wife suggested because I am getting "older" that maybe I should start using sunscreen and while I am at it make an appointment to see a dermatologist for a well skin checkup. I said fine and did both. On one particular trip to the pool I used sunscreen on my face, my arms, chest and torso, but not my legs. The entire time I was swimming my eyes were burning like mad and burned for hours afterwards. I also noticed my hands felt burned and tingly and were red with a very clear line of delineation between my palms and wrists. I also noted some rash on my arms and chest. I decided that I was going to check out the sunscreen to see what it's ingredients were. As soon as I touched the sunscreen bottle my hands lit up and I used my finger to scratch an itch beside my eye and my eyes immediately started burning like the day at the pool. I said wow I am allergic to something in this sunscreen. Here are some shots of my arms chest and the sunscreen. This was around May 24th 2015.
The following day I made an appointment with my primary care physician to have a look at me. At this point this looked very much like an allergic reaction to the sunscreen. Was I ever wrong. The doctors's visit netted me some antihistamines and a round of steroids. At this point I had an appointment scheduled with a dermatologist as well.
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