Hi all, Looking for both face and body suggestions for sunscreen -UK.
I'm 49 and have always had sensitive skin but it's got worse the last couple of years (along with getting food allergies to almonds and wheat and rice) and I seem to have now developed perhaps a sun allergy? Ie I get red itchy blotches/rash on my chest and neck and arms when I wear sunscreen and it looks awful. But just generally my chest area is always blotchy from normal products (even natural ones) and I get lots of large bumps (not spots)as well if I put anything oily on at all but my skin there looks dry if I don't moisturise it So...
BODY sunscreen - I've tried a few in the part including:-
No7 soltan sensitive (itchy) Tropic (brings me out in hives 😭 ) Green People (horrible to put on and leaves skin dry and white cast) Bondi sands hydra (itchy) Piz buin sensitive
Currently trying Emotopic but that takes an age to rub in and it's a small tube so the jury is still out on this one.
I was looking at the eucerin one. Im pretty sure I've had it before but there is a gel cream which I don't think I've tried but some people say it stings as it's got alcohol in??
FACE - (need something suitable for rosacea and for spot prone skin) no almonds/rice or wheat in.
I do use the rodalique one for rosacea which is lovely and doesn't give me spots but it's tinted and sometimes I just want a plain one to top up at home so I don't get super orange from multiple layers 😂 (it's anti redness).
Tried KALM but that's too orange for me and again, tinted.
Just bought the new boots no 7 future renew defence shield but omg, I get so many spots from it 😭 so now cannot use it.
Thank you so much 🤞🤞

I need an idea on how long to expect the pain following my hysterectomy.
My story: I had a total hysterectomy/cystoscopy performed 5/8 due to endometriosis that decided to attach itself to various organs it didn’t belong on. It had been about three years of bleeding nonstop (this is not exaggerated-I should have taken up stock in pads) and horrible pain that no doctor believed. I saw five different obgyns before I found one who would listen to me and stay true to her word to give me a hysterectomy. Fast forward a few months and I got my surgery. They performed a cystoscopy in hospital with the hysterectomy and cleaned out my endo while inside. I was inpatient one night in the hospital to monitor pain/bleeding control. I can’t take NSAIDs so no ibuprofen for me- I am on blood thinners for a clotting disorder and history of several DVTS/pulmonary emboli.
I went home on Percocet because the norco was not controlling my pain. I used them sparingly after the first day or so home. I am not a big pain pill person. They upset my stomach & my dad was lost to substance abuse (started with script pain meds) so I avoid them like the plague. Started having signs of infection day 2 at home. Could not get past my triage nurse to get a note to my doctor. Day 5, 3rd try, after being told to take Tylenol and/or Benadryl, I ended up in my doctors office at her request. Immediately was directly readmitted to the hospital 5 days post op hysterectomy for a nasty, fast-moving infection-I said my pain was 7/10 initially but it only got worse from here. My initial liver labs were elevated so they wouldn’t allow anything with Tylenol. What does that leave? Something called roxicodone- oxy without Tylenol essentially-which gave me sleep paralysis and no pain control whatsoever. Was put on Vancomycin for the infection which then caused a systemic allergic reaction. Was given Hydroxizine to calm that down and Benadryl cream. It did not help much. Was discharged on day 10 post op, with clindamycin to take every 6 hours for 7 days for the infection. They sent home the roxicodone which I said did not help. Went home and began taking antibiotics. Had another allergic reaction, this time a full body, horrendously itchy and burning rash. Called my primary doctor and she took me off of it immediately. She sent me in Keflex. I’m allergic to amoxicillin so this should be a party as well. I have an appointment with the surgeon in three weeks. I have an appt with infectious disease this Friday. I have an appointment with GI for my liver problems (likely caused by surgery or the allergic reaction) Tuesday. I have no pain meds I can take, not even Tylenol or ibuprofen. They told me to take Benadryl and sent in a prescription for Gabapentin and told to use the Benadryl to “knock myself out”. Gabapentin isn’t working but I’m taking it anyways because I don’t know what else to do, hoping maybe it’ll build up some tiny amount of pain control in my system somehow.
I’m not on any weird registry for pain meds issues because I usually just flat out don’t take them, ever. Even when offered them. I don’t understand how this is okay.
So -here I am -2 weeks into this mess, rawdogging this hysterectomy and subsequent infection pain. I’ve been using ice packs and heat packs to do what I can, Zofran that my primary doc sent me in for extremely bad nausea (probably due to the pain), my third round of antibiotics, Benadryl for the leftover allergy rash, and I’m thinking about asking a wrestler to knock me out with a metal chair. I’m on day 13 with no pain relief in sight. I can’t sleep. I’m miserable. Please tell me the pain is going to diminish soon. Tell me what helped you with pain. 🙏

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I had a lot of sexual partners (only oral receiving and rimming receiving) and now I have a foul odor coming from my groin. It smells like straight up rotten fish. I’ve never had this smell in my life. It’s coming straight from my inner thighs where I noticed a rash or red irritation. I went to planned parenthood and the doctor said it was just a fungal infection and to apply cream but i find it hard to believe it didn’t come from an std. I also developed follicultis a week after engaging in sexual activity which I also thought was an std but the same doctor just said it was follicultis. Should I trust the doctor or go to a new one? They tested me for chlmyadia and gohnerea only and it came back negative and I doubt I got hiv from Oral and rimming so I’m so confused as to what it can be. There’s no outbreak or sores or anything besides a rash and foul odor

Hello.
28M here. I've been having this rash over my face for the past 3-4 years and seemed to not be going away.
A little bit about myself. I always had a "bad oily skin" Suffered with acne most of my life and was put on Accutane many times since I was a 14 and every time the acne comes back few weeks after finishing my Accutane course. I started experimenting with topical tretinoin agents. Initially it couldn’t control my acne, so my dermatologist recommend that I go up with concertation and application frequency. I went up from 0.025 to 0.05 to 0.1 to 0.1.5 to finally 0.2% and I was using it twice daily. My face was perpetually red and flaky but on the other hand I was okay with that trade off as long as I don't have aay more acne. I continue that regimen religiously with me applying moisturizing cream 2-3 times a day. It was embarrassing as I was going to school/work with a thick layer of products (Tretinoin and moisturizer) on my face for the past 3-4 years. Despite all that I was happy with the trade of not having acne.
This brings us to the rash. I'm not sure when it started exactly. But I think it started when I started using the topical Tretinoin. The rash is strange as it does not involve the entirety of my face and only confined on my cheeks and along my jaw (You can see picture). I didn't think it was caused by any of the products I'm using as it is not diffusely involving my entire face and that's where I apply the products. The rash also can be itchy (Not that bad) and make the underlying skin quite friable where it can bleed easily if happen to scratch it (I almost never scratch it). Also, the hair there have changed where I started to have big thick hairs and what appears to be multiple hair strands from the same hair follicle. I tried to look it up and it seem to be something called "Pili multigemini". The last thing about my rash is that it is at it worse in the morning and the redness improves as the day goes by.
I went to multiple dermatologists and non of them seemed to care about the rash or even take a look at it. I don't blame them. They probably see hundreds of patients with similar presentation. So, I'm just someone with "rash"
I just want to emphasis this is causing me a lot of insecurities and I cant grow a beard because of it as growing a beard makes it worse.
With that being said. Now, moving to what I have done so far to try and treat it.

1. Reducing my Tretinoin frequency: I started to apply my 0.2% Tretinoin less frequently and gradually went from applying it twice daily to now only once daily. However, I substitute my morning dose with Differin face wash. I'm not sure if there is any significant improvement since I cut down when it comes to reddness, but my face is less flaky. But I'm happy I did. Not sure if I should cut the cleanser next or cut the night dose next. But I'll try to reduce the dose to as low as possible without having acne and will adjust things accordingly. I'm currently using 0.2 Tretinoin every night.
   
2. Moisturizing: I'm moisturizing religiously, I never skip a day without moisturizing I experimented with something as heavy as CeraVe Moisturizing Cream. But I stopped using it since I reduced my Tretinoin applying frequency from twice a day to once daily. I'm currently using ISIS Pharma Teen Derm Hydra Compensating Soothing Moisturizer in the mornings as it is feels lighter and Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion at night. Changing the moisturizer did not affect the redness of the rash as I thought maybe "I am allergic to the moisturizer."
   
3. Ketoconazole cream: I remember trying this on when my rash just started. A dermatologist diagnosed me with Seborrheic dermatitis. If anything I felt it made my skin worse. It caused it to be more flaky. I also use Ketoconazole shampoo for my dandruff. I use it twice a week. If Ketoconazole works on my rash I would have noticed it by now. I'm thinking of starting it again and try given I'm no longer flaky as I once was.
   
4. Steroid cream: I was prescribed a potent one. I think it helped a little but that is not something sustainable to use or add to my skin routine.
   
5. Clindamycin solution: I use this not for my rash per say but for my hair follicle problem. My Pili multigemini is much better when I apply clindamycin regularly. I don’t have to spend time in the mirror with tweezers getting all those chunky hairs out. However, I still find some affected hair follicles when I trim.
   
6. Trimming facial hair: Trimming facial hair seem to improve my symptoms. I make sure to trim every day or every other day with an electric trimmer.
   
7. Hot water: I notice my rash is at it worse in the morning and that is when I shower. I tend to shower with hot water. I started to make sure my face is not exposed to hot water and wash it separately with cold water.
   

I’m posting this here as I’m desperate. I feel like no dermatologist will be patient enough to hear my story. I’m open for suggestions, recommendations and for people to share their similar experiences.
Here is a picture of the rash.
Left side: https://imgur.com/a/GwBcivx
Right side: https://imgur.com/a/fM3k1km

Hello redditers, I was doing some gardening last week and I think I could've came into contact with poison ivy possibly. I also think I have a heat rash from the job that I do. It has spread every where and I've been putting on calamine lotion and CeraVe itch cream for a little bit of itch relief. Im.not sure how I can get rid of this rash that I have. Do I need to see my doctor for it.

I 24f am 2 years into what we originally thought was musculoskeletal damage from multiple accidents and child birth, but we are now thinking this is auto immune.
Symptoms:
Head: migraines, oral ulcers (red with white edges sometimes circular sometimes oblong), excessive hair shedding with out hairless patches
Face: butterfly like rash occurring after sun or heat exposure (is rapid onset after 5 minutes of exposure, will gradually reduce then flairs hours after being inside and cooled down to bright red, burning, itching)
Abdomen/chest: IBS like symptoms, pleurisy, pain in right and left lower ribs felt front to back, heart palpitations, high heart rate (resting 100-110 flares 120-160), stage 3 endometriosis
Skin: discoid type rash (occurs on neck, lips, eyelids, chest, and elbows and is red, mostly flat, scaley, flaking, and occasionally blisters or cracks), sun sensitivity(not always visually inflamed but results in burning and itching lasting days after exposure)
Muscular: muscle spasms, muscle pain non localized with worsening trigger points (worst in neck/upper back, and low back but occurs every where), muscles easily banding/knotting with difficulty releasing
Skeletal: joint pain and inflammation (primarily hips and knees but occasionally in shoulders, wrists, fingers, ankles, and toes), arthritis right hip, deep bone pain
Nervous: occasional numbness/tingling in fingers and forearms, sciatic nerve pain in both legs, occasional shaking hands, during childhood and teen years never had a temperature taken below 99°F (has lowered with age), hot/cold flashes, night sweats
No DR has put all of the symptoms together until recently. Not putting it together has led to IBS, DDD, eczema, TMJ, and other diagnoses. I saw pain management last tuesday for my musculaskeletal pain and he brought up fibromyalgia, gave trigger point injections (didn't help), and prescribed tizanidine (also didn't help). I woke up with the start of my usual rash and felt like i had just woken up the day after a surgery so i called my PM they were closed. Called my primary and she sent me to their priority care to have me seen by atleast someone. The priority care DR brought up lupus and said she doubt's this is fibro, ran a auto immune/ inflammation panel, prescribed Medrol (tapering pulse doses), and gave adequate pain management.
The panel ran included an ANA panel, RH factor, CRP, and cyclic citrul peptide. All of which came back negative. Previous blood tests have been a bit all over the place nothing often going too high or low. Most recently a GFR estimate came back low a week prior to other testing but other levels were with in normal ranges.
We have previously tried medications such as gabapentin, lyrica, LDN, duloxetine, robaxin, flexeril, tramadol, various NSAIDs, epidural steroid injections, lidocaine creams, etc. None of which worked, and i would need a combination of ibuprofen, robaxin, and hydrocodone to even take the edge off of daily pain. The steroid is working though, and i haven't had to supplement it much with pain meds. I havent had this level of relief since I was 16. It has improved all aspects of my symptoms. While i still have aches, a rash, and various other symptoms they are atleast tolerable. Where i used to need all of my rescue pain meds to even get out of bed, three days into the steroid, i only find my self needing them at night.
I am very confused as to where to go from here because my symptoms don't match my blood work. I see my primary wednesday and she has already said in advance she will be sending me to a rheumatologist. These referals usually take about a month until im seen so i don't know how to ask her for help managing until then or what to even ask to try at this point. She doesn't want to prescribe opiates any more because of how often id need them previously because nothing else would help. Im open to trying anything but am worried we will be very limited because my blood work doesn't show anything. Im scared once im done with this steroid the symptoms will return and i will be left completely unable to function again. I also don't even know which direction to push testing any more when i do see the rheumatologist and am afraid everything is going to be dismissed because of my blood work. To me, this seems autoimmune but im not a doctor so i dont know for sure if this is the real thing or just a coincidence of collective symptoms. I feel like we are so close to having a break through but yet still light years away. Any one in a similar situation or already on the other side?

32F, 72kg, 167cm (Syd, Aus). Smoker (1-2 p/d). Skin issues: Sebhorric dermatitis & pustule rosacea flares. Other: Gasteroparesis, ADHD. Known allergies: Grass (awaiting results from RAST panel)
This is the 2nd time this has happened in the past month. Most nights I have a glass of red wine with dinner, very very rarely, as I've entered my 30s, wine has triggered a flush response (but this feeling was more intense).

• I had a shower, washed with my normal gentle cleanser, applied a Cera Ve moisturiser and dabbed a bit of benzoyl peroxide cream on my chin.
• Woke up with swollen eyes (left is always worse), red irritated face and a bizzare symmetrical rash on my neck. Photo: https://postimg.cc/bSfYJ1cQ

Does this look like an allergic response? Is the neck rash an indicator of anything I should look into?
I took two types of antihistamines and later applied a cortisone cream just to calm my eyes and neck down so I could concentrate on work. 24hrs on the swelling has reduced but redness and discomfort is still there with some mild swelling.
Sharing in the hopes a doc may have an idea of what type of allergen may cause this kind of response (e.g. food/topical/environmental)

We are lost and defeated and scared to go back to court in fear of BM gaining more custody.
This is going to be long because last time I asked for advice people kept asking for more details (rightfully so) so I am going to try and be as clear and concise as possible. My husband and I have joint custody of his 4 year old daughter. Her mom only gets 30 days in summer and spring break. Our situation is strained, she will not talk to my husband so I am the mediator. I do try to be as unbiased as I can, because I believe in coparenting (I am from a broken but very happy and healthy family, so I know it’s possible and really made our lives better as kids, full of love) however she says mostly the right things, posts on TikTok about how much she loves her daughter and what not, but her actions don’t show that at all. She also bashes my husband for being an abusive cheater, where in fact she was the abuser and we have multiple witness statements from his coworkers, his bosses, and his friends that had witnessed her behavior in their home and at his. She was also extremely unstable and suicidal to the point my husband would have to remove the knives and forks, and hide medications to keep her from trying to commit suicide, which was also witnessed by coworkers (she’d go to his job mad looking for pills and go ballistic on him because he wouldn’t give them to her. He was prescribed meds for his broken back) this is all before I was in the picture, and I did ask her side of it and she said they were best friends and super happy until he left for a job for a week and then it fell apart. I did witness the way she talked and yelled at him and got mad if he was with other women AFTER they divorced and would call them names.
When he went to that job for a week, she absconded with their daughter and then cut off contact. He had fought for her for about a year but didn’t have a very good lawyer and basically they said it wasn’t kidnapping because that’s her mom (yes legally true). He didn’t see her or talk to her during that time except when he would give her his entire paycheck to support them (about 7k a month). She also still had full cover healthcare and dental. His BM made the arrangement that she gets his full check after bills are paid (while he had to live with a friend and still had to pay her bills and his), he was not allowed to be with anyone else and she spun it as if it was for their daughter, no strangers around her kind of bs, even though he didn’t get to see her and they lived in different states. During the time we were first together, she had called and was all you wanna talk to your daughter, this was out of no where not scheduled so him and I were together, and she heard me singing in the background and freaked out and called me some whore and that she didn’t want whores around her baby and then hung up. When him and I got together I told him he did not need to pay her 7k a month legally, and if she wants actual child support, then they need to go to court and get it figured out. I figured she wanted the benefits of his money, and having another woman threatens that, and the fact she spun it in a way that made it seem like it was for her daughter… smh.
We lived in Hawaii, they were in Texas. When he cut off the money, she went ballistic. Chain calling like 50-60 times, calling him names, having family call and threaten him. We hired a good lawyer and got together the witness statements and receipts of texts/money transfers and went to court. We waited three hours for her AFTER our scheduled time. The judge (a woman) kept asking her bailiff person to call her and call her until she answers. We were there an hour before, ready to go. She was no where to be found and no one could get a hold of her. After waiting three hours, all the other parties there were done, the judge had them call her one more time and she answered. She was asleep (it was 3pm) and didn’t even know court was set for that day and time (even though she got three notices from our lawyer about the date and time). The judge was giving her legal advice on lawyers and that she needs to get her act together because she could only do so much to help her (isn’t that illegal?). She granted us temporary custody until trial. Daughter is 2 years old at this time.
When we went to pick her up with police, she had a 102 fever (BM said she ran hot when she slept), a yeast infection and rash, was drinking out of a newborn baby bottle with Coca-Cola in it, and her teeth were black. She gave us one stuffy, no shoes, one diaper, no wipes, no clothes in a little backpack. Once we had her and were trying to ascertain her condition and talk with her, she couldn’t speak. She could say no and that was the only word she knew. She couldn’t eat, she would cry and point at her teeth and when we looked they were bleeding. She needed emergency dental surgery and the gums were infected, causing the fever. She needed occupational therapy, speech therapy and they thought she was autistic because she was so behind on development.
Fast forward, next available surgery date was during her mom’s first spring break visit. We thought that was great, her mom would be there and we knew that would make her more comfortable. Her mom accused us of scheduling it then out of spite because “how is she going to spend time with her when she has to be in a hospital sedated and then recovering and on meds“ she canceled her flight out and didn’t come. She didn’t call or ask about anything until three days after and just asked how it was.
My stepdaughter would refuse and throw a six hour tantrum if she was given water, she wanted candy and soda (she’d point and cry for it at the grocery store). She also didn’t sleep, like at all. Maybe three hours in a 24 hour time period and then would crash once or twice a week. Fast forward to first summer visit, she lives with her parents and has no license. She drove up with a friend to pick her up and drove back. She said she didn’t drive at all, but worked at a daycare (the irony) and would take my stepdaughter with her so she. Was driving her around illegally, we just couldn’t prove it.
One of the terms was she could not be left with her maternal grandfather alone because two other female cousins had accused him of sexually abusing them, which she would go out and leave her with them. She also left her with them alone for two months while she had her during the year my husband had no contact with her so she could go live it up in California.
I have been attempting to be the glue because she talks sweet and calls me pet names and has said how sorry she is to my stepdaughter and that she knows better now. I told her the dentist said no sugar for two months and absolutely no candy because of the amount of fillings she had and crowns and root canals. i also provided her entire medical record from the time we got her and she had the ability to contact any of those providers. She sends me a picture of her eating a marshmallow jello mix at daycare. Fast forward to the present, it’s been two years now.
My stepdaughter is doing great and healthy, and talking, and recovered. her mom does annoying little things like teaches her how to flip off her dad and that it means I love you, she also tries to get her to call me her new mommy instead of mom, but as long as she is happy and healthy so am I. We correct those things and ask her mom about them but she just puts the blame on someone else. She has never stayed in the same place with her mom, every visit is somewhere new.
Each visit, she comes home sick or needing medical attention, nothing so severe but I mean come on. She has zero coughs and colds with us, and always comes home sick from her moms? She was only at daycare that first visit so it isn’t that. This last visit she came home with a stye, probably from the glitter and makeup her mom puts on her. When we asked her about getting care for the stye, she said she took her to urgent care and gave her a cream for it. Well, the cream is an OTC one from Walgreens, and so I asked her for the dr name and number so we had the info for follow up with her pediatrician the following day, because her stye was huge and she could barely see. She lied, she didn’t actually take her and tried to tell me she went in there and the dr said it’s no biggie and so she didn’t have to pay she just told her the cream and sent her on her way. My stepdaughter has full coverage insurance, and we gave her a copy of her insurance id for the purpose to cover anything that may come up, so she wouldn’t have had to pay. She also mentioned she took her to a friends friend who is a psychiatrist off the books to get her evaluated for herself because she didn’t believe the evaluations from the multiple therapists and doctors she saw while with us and that dr told her she only didn’t talk because she just needed her mom and to know she was safe. Couldn’t have been the 8 months of speech therapy that helped her talk right? Nope, just needed to see her mom and boom fixed. Cue the eye roll. Anyways, the stye left untreated turned into a hardened chalazion. Per the dr recommendation, we waited a few months to see if it would go away, and it didn’t. They had to surgically remove it. The day of surgery the only thing her mom asked was if she looked cute with an eyepatch. She said she felt bad about it because she felt it was her fault.
I try to always stay neutral so I just said okay thank you and gave her the details of the surgery even though she didn’t ask. Again, she has always had the same rights to contact any of the providers and we never withheld information. She apparently has which again, is illegal right? I keep trying to repair the relationship so we can all try to be coparents and in better terms, but then she does something like this and now I don’t know what to do.
She isn’t outright abusive, just neglectful. She showers her with candy and sweets and treats and toys and so my stepdaughter loves it there, but doesn’t realize that’s why she has four teeth at the age of four. Her mom has also never paid any kind child support or anything, ever. We really want to trust her and repair this, but everytime we have a deep convo she lies to me. My stepdaughter obviously isn’t getting the kind of care she needs there (basic hygiene and medical) and we’re just lost and defeated. We don’t fight with her, we don’t judge her, I even told her I understand her situation and frustrations because I was a single mom for a long time. I do understand that position, but it makes it harder to excuse her behavior because my daughter is healthy and taken care of and I did that on my own, yet she says it’s because she was on her own and my husband is to blame for it all. She left him and accused him of cheating when she got caught cheating. That’s why she left originally.
Other things to note: I have legal guardianship, was granted during first order. multiple late drop offs from visits, last minute scheduling pick up arrangements (like day before). We’ve just been documenting it all, and we were told we cannot bring back the original cases of abuse and neglect because it has been visited in court already, unless it’s to prove a pattern. She also doesn’t exercise all of her visiting rights, only the 30 days because a week isn’t worth it. We invited her on a family vacation with us, fully paid, and she said it was only three days and it wasn’t worth it. She also is coaching my stepdaughter to say horrendous things, she told me i threw her through a bathroom door, then got confused and said no it was daddy, then kept naming different people it was. Her psychiatrist says she shows a lot of coaching, because when asked about our home life no issues, but when asked about her moms, she says I don’t know and that’s all she will say about her mom is idk.
Any advice? Maybe hire a PI? We are so scared to go back to court because depending on the judge, she may have favor and we get less custody if it goes wrong, even with all the evidence. We aren’t looking to terminate her visitation, we are looking to enforce the decree as she has violated it multiple times and take away the visitation she doesn’t exercise and never has. We also are considering pursuing child support and just putting all that into a bank account for my stepdaughter so she has it when she gets older. We also want to put a clause that we need more than 24 hour notice for visitation travel plans and whether or not she is taking her, sometimes we only get a text a few hours before. We are in NE, BM in TX

Hey all, sorry to be the next depressed poster on this sub.
I'm really sorry because I know you guys probably get annoyed by these posts.
TL:DR - I will probably never be able to live as a woman because nothing is happening and I don't have a way to fix it.
I'm a 23 y/o transfemme.
I've been on hrt for a year and three months now and I have had zero changes. I've talked with my friends and I have pictures from just before and throughout the last year and three months - nothing's is different as far as I can tell or as far as my friends can tell.
I guess my HRT levels aren't good? I got checked every month when I started until 4 months in and now it's every three months. My first doctor that I started with never said whether or not my levels were specifically too low or anything except for my first test with him, which made sense since I was on low dose mono therapy. My new doctor always say something is wrong with my levels, telling me that they were way too high and my dosage was way too high and now she keeps saying that they are too low after she reduced and modified my dosages. I want to trust my new doctor because she is widely regarded in my area as the best hrt doctor. As for now, I recently started injections and have been on it for 4 weeks.
I also worry that it may just be because my body is going to change with my genetics. Even as a man, my genetics have cursed me with awful traits like REALLY wide shoulders, big hands and big feet. And I know that cis women also can have large feet and broad shoulders and big hands but I can bet that 99% of cis women don't wear a size 14M/15.5W shoe. I also started having my hair thin in My freshman year of high school, so that's cool - a year and half of Finasteride hasn't done shit for that. There is also my facial hair, no matter what I do - I always cut myself when shaving, No matter what. I've been trying to get into a dermatologist for months now to see if I have some fucked up skin or something because it's getting to the point where I often find my self crying because I hate the feel of my stubble. Same with body hair, my skin always breaks out into hives and rashes when I shave my body, no matter what cream and razor I use.
My friends and (most of) my coworkers refer to me as a woman and use she/her pronouns but I can't help occasionally feel contempt as it feels like they are mocking me almost. I know they aren't but it definitely feels like they are. And for the coworkers that doesn't do that, they often look at my she/her pronoun pin and then proceed to use them/them for me, and according to my coworker friends - just use he/him when I'm not around.

(19M, 5'9 155 lbs.) Hi, this is gonna be a bit long, but let me explain the entire situation so far:
Going back about a year or so, I started noticing an elevated heart rate above what I usually would have. I have an apple watch that allows me to check my heart rate, and around this time I started to get notifications that my heart rate was above average (in the 120s to 130s range while resting as opposed to my normal 60-80 range). This happened a few times along with some very minor chest pain / tightness, however after laying down for a few hours / going to bed it would usually return to normal. Around the same time I got diagnosed with anxiety and ADHD and placed on an SSRI to help my anxiety after trying ADHD meds and not liking them. I never really had any incidents with high heart rate after that, so I had assumed it was just anxiety causing it (and that may still be the case). A few months went by and I ended up starting college and got myself a girlfriend. As I ended up finding out, SSRIs, while great, have the unfortunate side effect of erectile dysfunction, so I weaned off my meds so I could prioritize my love life. There were a few incidents after this where my heart rate was above average, but again I just chalked this up to anxiety, as it would usually go away on its own. At one point I went into my on campus doctor's office just to verify my heart was okay after an elevated heart rate the night before, and they gave me an EKG which came up clear. Months go by, and things are fine, besides a slight uptick in anxiety. Unfortunately however, my relationship began to crumble and my anxiety skyrocketed, and we eventually broke up, which led me to talking to my doctor and getting placed back on anxiety medication. However, I really didn't like how SSRI's impacted my libido, so after trying a few more SSRI's I was placed on Buspirone. I love Buspirone, and it's made a noticeable difference on my confidence / reducing anxiety. When I take my full dose at once (30 mg), I tend to get a bit dizzy / nauseous, however when split up into 10 mg taken at breakfast lunch and dinner I have no noticeable side effects. I will say (and I don't know if this is in any way important but I'm just naming everything possible), I have noticed that since stopping the SSRIs and starting Buspirone I tend to ejaculate VERY fast which is abnormal for me, and although I would like to fix that it is not my main concern. Moving on though, after about a month or two after being placed on Buspirone, we get to where my heart problems start. As someone who had never used any substances my entire life, leaving home and going to college gave me the freedom to try new things, and although I know it's not great, on weekends me and my friends will get together and drink or occasionally smoke weed / take an edible. I was worried at first about interactions with my medication, but after some research all anything online could tell me was that I may get drunk faster / more nauseous and dizzy, which wasn't too big of a deal for me. I had tried weed earlier in college and didn't like the way it made me feel, however after being placed on Buspirone I decided to try it again and actually enjoyed the feeling, so I started doing it more on the weekends as opposed to just drinking, which leads us to the incident. Me and some friends had just sat down to watch a movie, and all taken an edible. Time passed, and I started to notice that my heart rate was extremely elevated, way more than I was usually used to. I checked my heart rate, and found that my watch was displaying an average of 160 bpm. At first I thought I was just having a bad high and tried to calm myself. I laid on the floor and put some ice on my forehead, but nothing was helping. I checked my heart rate again and saw that my watch was displaying 190, which really freaked me out as that was way higher than I had ever seen before. I had my sober friend call Public Safety for me, and they came to my dorm room and did a basic check up on me. They said that I had a fever, and when they took my heart rate they got something in the 160s range. Their explanation was that my anxiety, when combined with being high and likely being sick made my heart rate elevated, which made sense at the time. I went into my college's health services to follow up the next day since my heart rate was still elevated (in the 120s-130s range), however they again told me it was probably just anxiety. A few days went by and my heart rate was STILL above average, so I decided to double check with my real doctor off campus. About a day before this I had also stopped taking my medication to see if it could be the cause for my elevated heart rate. The doctors took my vitals and immediately noticed that had very high blood pressure and an elevated heart rate, to the point where they sent in a second doctor to recheck my vitals and make sure it was correct. After talking to me and having me give a run down of my symptoms, they had me schedule an appointment with a cardiologist and told me that if I ever experience chest pain and a heart rate above 100 bpm that wouldn't go down to go to the hospital. I had also told them about how I stopped taking my medication and they told me that that was fine and to tell the cardiologist about it. About a week passes, and I have my cardiologist appointment in a few days. I had been up the night before working on my final exams, so I hadn't gotten much sleep, and besides a breakfast sandwich that I had for lunch I hadn't eaten much either. I had been experiencing chest pain all day, but I assumed it was being caused by my lack of sleep, so after classes I went and took a nap. After a few hours I woke up, and immediately noticed that I still had chest pain. I checked my apple watch, and my heart rate was displaying roughly 90-110 bpm while laying down, which on top of the chest pain made me worried since my doctor had told me that that was cause to go to the hospital. I called my parents to tell them about it, and they drove to the school and had me sit in the car and eat some food they had made to see if it would help at all. However, even after this, my heart rate was still above 100 bpm and I still had chest pain, so my mom made the call to bring me to the hospital. While on the way to the hospital, out of nowhere my heart rate increased to about 170-180 bpm, which freaked me out. We arrived at the hospital, and they immediately gave me an EKG to make sure I wasn't going to drop dead. During this time, I also was shaking a lot and couldn't make myself stop. Eventually they took me into a room and decided to run some tests on me. The tests they did are as follows: BASIC METABOLIC PANEL, CBC WITH DIFF, TROPONIN NH, D DIMER DEEP VEIN THROMB LEVEL, TSH REFLEX, X-RAY CHEST PA AND LATERAL, and ECG-12 LEAD. While I'm not a doctor, from what they told me and from what I can see, everything turned up pretty normal. My potassium was a smidge low, as well as my MCV and MPV, and my Monocyte (absolute) was a tad high, but generally nothing to worry about. The website where I'm viewing my test results display my ECG as abnormal and an attached document says I have left atrial enlargement as well as sinus tachycardia, but they only mentioned sinus tachycardia in the hospital so I assume that it was just the machine reading my test results and giving its own diagnosis. Long story short though, I left the hospital a few hours later, and although I still had a slightly elevated heart rate they said I was fine to go about life normally and to follow up with my cardiologist. Cut to the present, and I just met with my cardiologist a couple days ago. I gave him the general rundown of the above story (but didn't mention the edible as a precursor to the 190 bpm heartrate as my mom was in the next room over and the door was wide open), and after checking my vitals he told me that although I did have an elevated heart rate and high blood pressure, my chest pain probably wasn't a huge concern and that he wasn't too worried it was anything life threatening. He told me I could resume taking my meds (which I had temporarily replaced with ashwagandha supplements while I waited for the appointment and have since stopped taking), and had me wear a little device that monitored my heart rate for 24 hours, which I'm set to return in a couple days. He also told me that when I returned it he would check my results and give me an echocardiogram and go from there. So, with any luck, he should be able to figure things out then. However, I wanted to post this to see if anyone could help me get any ideas on what it could be that I could run by him to help speed things up. Oh and one last thing, if you can't think of anything in regards to what could be causing my elevated heart rate, I actually would like to know why I'm ejaculating so fast so I can fix it because its gotten to the point where I can't even enjoy masturbating because of how fast I cum.
In case I missed anything, here's a list of my symptoms (although I have no idea if they're all correlated):
- High heart rate (anywhere from 90-190 bpm)
- High blood pressure
- Chest pain / tightness on my left side and does not hurt more when I breath in / out (every now and then pain extends to my neck and shoulder)
- Frequently tired
- Insomnia (could be correlated with the above symptom lol)
- Get out of breath faster than usual
- Anxiety (already had this though)
- Mild depression (probably from my breakup)
- Lack of motivation (probably from my ADHD)
- Very rare and random spasms in my neck
- About 10 pounds weight loss in the past few months
- Headaches (could be from the meds)
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Minor rash under my eyes that’s been coming / going
- Eczema / rash flare ups past few months above my eyes, on my inner elbows, on my hands, and on my neck that I’ve been able to get rid of with a steroid cream
- Wrists, elbows, knees and ankles (although many joints in general) tend to bother me / crack a lot
- Glands under my neck are frequently swollen
- Rashes on the tops of my feet and toes
- Multiple gray / white hairs appearing in the last few months
- Probably something minor that I'm forgetting but if I can't think of it it probably isn't important (will update this list if new symptoms arise)
Brief family history:
- Grandma (moms side) has rheumatoid arthritis - Grandma (dads side) had multiple sclerosis - Great Grandma (moms side) had Alzheimer's - Aunt (moms side) has an undiagnosed heart problem - Aunt (moms side) has rheumatoid arthritis and Reynaud's, inconclusive testing for lupus - Aunt (dads side) has something? something to do with swelling of feet and ankles? not too sure - Mom had anemia
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My personal theories (I'm not a doctor though so obviously not too sure): Autoimmune Disease + Dysautonomia: - From a list of symptoms, I have experienced all of the following at some point over the last month: Lightheaded when standing up, nausea, brain fog, fast heart rate, high blood pressure, changes in bowel movements over the course of the past few months (both constipation and diarrhea), fatigue, sexual dysfunction, chest pain and discomfort, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sleeping problems, dizziness, sweating a lot, watery eyes, frequent headaches, changes in body temperature, drooling (when I sleep), mood swings, anxiety, and sensitivity to light. Based on this a potential theory could be an autoimmune disorder on top of a heart condition? Also explains the elevated monocyte (absolute) levels. Serotonin Syndrome: - I was doing research and discovered that Buspirone, when taken with other medication that increases serotonin, can cause serotonin syndrome. After another google search, I found out that weed can increase serotonin levels. The only hole in this theory is that I stopped taking Buspirone after the initial spike in heart rate / blood pressure but had no noticeable changes.
TLDR: I have a high heart rate and blood pressure and can't figure out why

So I had shingles on my face/eye back in November. I caught within hours so I was lucky regarding the rash as it never really developed into painful blisters. My eye was not so lucky and I ended up on steroid drops for 2 months as well as a few other pill/cream for my eye. But all was healed by February.
Then on April 20th I was on a road trip to pick up my kid from uni and that same eye started straining and being photosensitive. Waited a few weeks, changed my contact, finally just wore my glasses and gave up and went to my optometrist. She send me back to the ophthalmologist cause theirs an infection in my eye. The same infection I had with shingles, without all of the BS that comes with shingles. So I am now back on Valacyclovir for 7 days and steroid drops for 8 weeks. Will this ever end?😭

Hi, So, now i can say for sure i got rhinophyma. I think i will say something about my nearly 2 years journey and how all started. It is very hard to find something on the internet, so i hope it can be useful for some people. Well, so first my problems with redness on face started 15 years ago. I was misdiagnosed with sebderm, later with allergies, but never with rosacea. After 2, 3 years i gave up on all creams and started enjoing my life with sun. And boom, all redness disaperad, at summer my face was looking normal, per winter little bit red but it was not so bad. And then after 10 years, so 2 years ago i wake up one day with a swelling on my left cheek, and pain in this area. I have extremely sensitive skin and can feel even smallest changes. I went to GP and because redness was very small they said it is not dermathological.I was sure from begining it is some kind of phyma, but....i went to whole procedures. First CT scan and ENT visit...all clear.Then MRI, also shows nothing. It was september 2023 when i developed big butterfly red rash on my cheeks. And finally was directed to Dermathology. First doctor said he doesn't see nothing and this type of redness is normal, i could not believe it. Luckly i made revisit and seen another doctor. He examined me and said it is rosacea or lupus, but more like rosacea, prescribed me with ivermectin, metro and doxycyline 40 mg, also has done bloodtest for ANA and ENA to eliminate lupus. Tests came back negative but medications was not helping. At february they done biopsy from my cheek. It was the time( january, february) when i started to notice shape change on my nose. It bacame more boulbus, larger and more bumpy with more thickened skin on right side.At january i mentioned it to my derm but he started laughing and said for sure it is not rhino. Well, again doctors who are not listening patients, they do not understand that patient can see the changes and feel them. But whatever, my biopsy results came back and three weeks ago i had a visit with new derm.Biopsy eliminated lupus but shows skin thickening, and i again mention about my nose, she examinated it( first doctor who touch it) and said, yes skin is more thicker at this places, there is also diffrent skin texture and colour.It is early rhinophyma, she sent me for bloodtest to start isotretinoine, and after 2 weeks i got visit with diffrent derm, if the bloodtest will be ok and he will diagnose rhino as a second opinion i am starting isotretinoine/accutane. I am devastated. My mental is so low that i am afraid of mirrors, i reduced social contacts to minimum. But....couple more sympthoms that i got: 2 years ago on my nose developed two small tiny red spots, it never dissapeared. In this 2 years more of them appeared, always 2 close together. They not disapearing. Too small to squize them, even if i tried there was only blood. Feeling pressure on my nose all the time, right side is bigger and i can feel it is heavier. Itchy mostly on the tip of the nose. Of course bulbous shape, tip is larger, left side at the bottom, right side from the middle of the nose to the bottom, whole nose looks bigger. Oily skin,large pores on the nose. Redness, or more pinkish, more like big pink spots, not whole nose is pink, where the skin is overgrowing it is more like blindspots and skin is tough, when i touch it i can feel like a lizard skin. And the best, sympthom that i never found on the internet but maybe someone got it as well: I can hear, feel some cracking, poping sounds from my nose. First i thought it is from inside, but now i am sure it is skin overgrowing making this sound, maybe because it is pressing airtubes inside the nose, i do not know, but it is horrible. I wake up at night and can't sleep because of that sound. Ok, long post, but i tried my best to mark all the sympthoms.Hope it will help someone else to diagnose it asap. Good luck.

You’ve heard it here before, intense itching, red bumps, sleepless nights and terrible mental exhaustion. All these things have been going on since February 2024 and took a break though April after I was prescribed the topical anti scabies ointment. Something unique about my case which makes it difficult to handle is that I’m having raised red rashes all up and down my arms. Blotchy, faded boarders etc. this sort of stumped the doctors but they still went with the scabies diagnosis. They didn’t find a mite. Is finding mites common? I swear I’ve seen some of those little crusty looking tunnels on my hands but I can’t be sure it’s scabies.
The ointment didn’t work so I went with ivermectin. And they gave my triamcinolone cream and I couldn’t tell if this was what relieved the rash or if the ivermectin did? Anyways it’s back and worse, rash all over my body. They did a skin biopsy and said “no scabies, contact dermatitis” but I don’t know how they can tell that I don’t have scabies from that tiny hole punch they did in my arm and chest. If anyone has info on if this is a sure diagnosis of no systematic scabies then please share.

Last week we went to urgent care because our babies cheeks had two main eczema spots (seemingly irritated from drool on cheeks rubbing against a sleep sack) that began to weep after trying a few at home remedies. The urgent care doc prescribed a steroid (Des) and mupirocin topical antibacterial ointment. We were applying both as directed and coming up on five days and there was some improvement especially with the antibacterial, some redness as we continued to use the steroid and yet seemingly increased eczema appearing higher on the cheek.
A rash started on baby’s torso so I called our primary care to be seen and the pediatrician changed the steroid that we were applying to the two main sites at the bottom of the cheek to hydrocortisone saying the original one prescribed was too strong and not recommended. She also advised to lubricate with some cream or Vaseline.
That night we applied the hydrocortisone to the two main sites and some eucerine baby eczema cream to the rest of his face and body.
BAM-TOTAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE on face and body. By midnight that night baby’s face was swollen, pimply, red, and warm. I think the colloidal oatmeal is a trigger for his skin as this whole thing really blew up after first applying Tubby Todd ointment which caused increase irritation at the two main sites on his cheeks.
I went into pediatric ER that next morning and they told us to stop the steroid and started an oral antibiotic. They suggested giving the skin a break from anything but also apply Vaseline and topical antibacterial, yet we’ve waited 24 hours after the ER visit before we applied anything else to the skin.
We do see improvement within 20 minutes of the oral antibiotic but when we applied Vaseline, the skin on his face just seems to increase in pimples and redness.
The two main sites seems like their healing but it’s hard to look at because it’s not all the great looking—like when you really bust up your skin on a fall and the yellow pus/scab begins to form. There’s an eczema rash all over his arms right now. ER docs say the body rash is unrelated—that it looks viral??
We’ve gotten a few different forms of information and instructions from urgent care, our peds clinic, and the ER. It’s so hard watching my baby in pain, to be itching his face, and the tumultuous turns for these two intense sites on his cheeks.
My last resort is hoping and praying the oral meds kick this out. We’re day 2 of 7.
All this to say, I am gluten, dairy, soy, and egg free. This rash has intensified over the last two weeks and I’m losing my strength and it’s hard to feel like this is going to end or heal and I’ll be able to see my baby’s skin clear again.

So thrilled my perioral dermatitis is finally gone!! I am pregnant so doxy was not an option.
Cause: I used steroid cream on my face for 5 months. Had no clue it would cause POD.
Solution: after much trial and error, below is the routine I have been using that finally made it go away. I’m sure time passing helped as well. From the day i stopped the steroid cream to the day it went away was about 9 weeks total of the dreaded rash. I definitely think it would have gone away sooner had I started the tower28 spray, sulfur mask, and distilled water initially. These two things seemed to make the biggest difference in combo with the avene ciclafate

1. Installed a filter on my shower head to prevent hard water from touching my face when hair washing, and use a spray bottle of distilled water when washing my face
2. De la Cruz Sulfur mask 2 times per day for 10-30 min
3. Wash face with distilled water only in AM and vanicream wash in PM
4. tower28 SOS spray on dry clean skin, wait for it to dry completely before next step
5. ivermectin cream (im pretty sure this was useless)
6. Avene ciclafate mixed with cerave baby lotion

I hope this helps someone! This sub was so helpful for me during this 9 week journey. Much more helpful than my derm who gave me ivermectin cream and said call her if it is still present after 3 months -__-

I'm experiencing a frustrating battle with eczema on the inside of my arms between my forearms and biceps -- ditto for an eczema patch on my chest + the front of my neck. I've been battling this for around 2 weeks.
I've literally been throwing the kitchen sink --- trying various fragrance-free and lotions accepted by the National Eczema Association that usually have worked well for me in the past. And I've tried several different ones (from LaRoche Posay, Cerave, Aveeno, Bioderma, etc.) -- for whatever reason, when I've applied any of them to those areas with eczema -- it STINGS. Seems like a "broken" skin barrier. Also I use fragrance-free soap-free body washes like Honest Soothing Therapy Eczema Body Wash.
The least irritating over-the-counter topical lotions/creams I've been able to apply with minimum (but not zero) irritation are Cerave Itch Relief Moisturzing Cream --- and Triple Paste diaper rash cream (both products approved by the National Eczema Association). But I'm not seeing any improvement even with those 2 creams.
I'm open to hearing suggestions for any over-the-counter lotions + creams that have worked well for you when your usual lotions + creams for eczema have stung your skin. Thanks!
p.s. -- something one of my friends suggested is to NOT put any lotion or cream on the eczema patches -- is that a solution that has worked for any of you?

I was using Harry’s and I have been for a few years, but I feel like recently their blades have dropped in quality. Leaving razor burns/nicks/rashes(not sure if from the razor) they also are rusting on me even after one use (probably because I leave mine in the shower (I do not keep it covered as I have noticed it rusts faster when I keep it in its case))
I have tried many shaving creams but I always seem to get some form of irritation from them. Just looking for everyone’s favorites.
My budget isn’t big as I am a struggling adult living on my own, but I am willing to pay maybe ≈$50 upfront if it covers everything and gets me started.
Thankyou in advance!

• my first symptoms of concern was this itch and small rashes that would move around my body I initially put it down to using too much deet due to the amount of fishing and adventuring we had been doing, keep in mind Dan n my relationship is only a few months in and this is the first time in 13 years of cohabitating with another adult human live in for me!
• you got the picture I was diagnosed by a doctor that happened to be workingthat Saturday we walked out happy but unfortunately this could not be furtherest away from being happy nor rid of these party pooper fun police fuck wits
• 15 doctors seen all having their own go at my prognosis umpteen emergency visits just to be semt away with another fist full of prescriptions n still no real answer as to what r these black spots that just appear randomly all different sizes
• dermatologist referrals x2 gone quiet, since my last diagnosis from the doc saying “you have a manifested infestation, not sure how you can make tunnels n burrows appear out of your skin
  
• With the treatment ps I have large swollen areas like they are in there rallying the troops FFS
  
• Yes delirium is real – this is proving to you how strong you are, WARRIOR AT WAR!
  
• I HAVE tried many NONconservative methods that would be frowned upon BY many example of this is MALOWASH for dogs YEP I did that bow my head in shame NOT (a girl needs to go fishing and nothing should stop that especially these crawling critters from the bowels of hell – that is all except by my ever endearing father – we joke daily on what we were going to do to them next, Dad is ex pest control so he suggested the CLOTHES dryer and our STAR WARS LASER (none other than his fogger from the old days) – solution in fogger is White Spirits & Fipronil – highly toxic to pets / humans everyone needs to leave the house go outside and get around 60-90 sunlight on everyones bellies will do you all the world of good while that settles – the fogger person needs to be the least effected by the free loaders in order to protect the open wounded from the poison. PS my Mum is right up in it too, shes like “oh good you got that next stuff on send me some videos” (cause I have nothing better to do with my time)
  
• Ensure you are organized this is going to test your will power, everyone in the household needs to be responsible for if they see a white or black spec no matter what the fuck it is, pick it up on your FINGER AND GO TO THE NEAREST SINK AND WASH the dickheads away – its about reducing the population people, if you are going to play with them and video them same again go wash your hands dispose of the village idiot and redo your golden juice tube or LICENER at the least – the LICENER IS going to ensure you use the cream only where they need to be terroised enough to move out but uh you have a LICENER BARRIER UP and they do not go past that, I squeeze the licener into my scalp when I feel a itch rather than scratch at it – THESE ARE THE VILLAGE IDIOTS THE LESS INTERACTION WITH THEM THE BETTER! They were the words of my amazing partner Dan that basically came up with this devised plan and now work in progress – good steed to all further installments to follow.
  
• Stay on top of the Panadol every 4 hours along with your histermine regime I am on some like anti depressant gay meds for sleep FML I so wanted valium or a million dollars either or. I got a whiteboard marker n note next Panadol,antihistamine due then that’s one less thing to remember or ask another question for haha
  
• My amazing partner scientist sent me this link – he wasn’t ever giving up hope on this and has been ever so supportive even with it coming onto my face now, I know abstain abstain blah blah YOU ALL NEED TO DO THE CATEGORY TEST FOLLOW THIS LINK AND GET YOURSELF SORTED ASAP
  
• https://dermnetnz.org/topics/crusted-scabies
  
• MY Dan we got all the medication together and organized first so we were not going to be let down by the plan; Day 1 ORAL & TOPICAL – 24 HOUR STAY ON TIME – I wear bike pants cause my legs are not bad at all – COAT IN LICENER AND PUT ON yes its hard but just deal – cut up a clove of garlic and half for one foot and half for the other put clove inside sock on the bottom of your feet again deal! – chop up and swallow 4 cloves of garlic or if the littles of the fam can’t swallow buy – ORGANIC CRUSHED GARLIC AND get in over a few meals. DAY 2 ORAL & TOPICAL – 24 HOURS STAY ON WILL BE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR next shower regime. DAY 3-7 TOPICAL WITH THE 24 max STAY ON – STAY TUNED – if you want pics just e-mail me please at [rebecca.medley@pipanz.com](mailto:rebecca.medley@pipanz.com)
  
• we also spray the house every morning with 50/50 ALCO 75% & VINEGAR we call it VINISO SPRAY on skirting boards vacuum 3 times a day n have a hand held with a Hepa filter so convenient remember to empty wash let dry in the sun put on charge
  
• I have made a receipe that goes into small balls that attracts them they eat some of it and take back to any nests of any pesty crawling critters – we hardly have an ant now so winning.
  
• support your support person while they are resting n you are up with your tweekers do some house work to make the next day a little nicer for them too, try your hardest not to make this the focus of your time together helps everyone mentally cope, he is out fishing right now has his phone I hope he catches a fish but mainl gets some alone time in his thoughts xx
  
• The sun is your friend 90 minutes minimum while thick for cushions pillows that can’t go in the dryer
  
• need more tips or want pics email this Bec 7 months post contraction 5 months infested
  

there is heaps more to the Bec n Dan story
Pics are life pre infestation n to now 🙃🙃🙃
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