I am suffering from a terrible almost all-over body rash that is killing me. I just sat in the bathroom an extra 5 minutes to have the delicious pleasure of scratching my legs raw. It’s so bad I’ve actually bruised myself from the scratching. And who else can I tell but my faithful bloggy readers?
Worse, I have no idea what’s spurred this onslaught of nastiness. I definitely have sensitive skin but was it the dry weather on my recent trip to New York? the new navel piercing? some other cause? (Don’t worry, the trip and the piercing are both worthy of, and should get, blog posts of their own sometime soon.) Meanwhile may I just say AARGH!
Oh dear. That sounds absoultely awful. God, I’m cringing and feeling itchy just thinking about you! Have you tried any calamime or other anti-itch lotions? A dermatologist? eeeee
it’s funny now I’m getting Google ads for eczema products on the left side of the screen.
thanks for the words of sympathy, Mia. If it doesn’t go away the dermatologist will certainly be consulted. I find, though, they have just a couple of tools in their arsenal (hydrocortisone being one of them) and often these things just go away on their own. So far, I haven’t really tried anything on it yet, so there are still home remedies, too.