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Jun. 30, 2009
Lipgloss and Epi-pens
I've never been noticeably allergic to anything. Ever. In my whole life. Until two days ago. Guess what I'm allergic to? It's not dust, or mold, or some kind of animal, or peanuts, or milk, or anything semi-normal. I discovered that I am allergic to some kind of lip gloss. It's a lip gloss that I've worn dozens of times before with no problems. Well, OK, it sort of burned my lips every time I wore it. But it wasn't that bad. And sometimes lip glosses are that way. I mean, just because something burns your lips doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it! Right? Oh, I also woke up with weird, dry, scabby patches all over my lips 2 or 3 times, but that happened with weeks in between and on random days. I couldn't figure out how the incidents were all related--until two days ago.
I applied said lip gloss and went to church. My lips were all itchy during the 2-year-old Sunday School class, but I thought nothing of it. When we got home from church, however, my lips were burning, so I glanced in a mirror. Have you ever seen Monsters, Inc? Remember Randall's scream machine thingy? The one he tries to hook Boo up to? Except Sully and Mike rescue her and stick Randall's assistant (I think his name is Fungus) in the scream machine? Yeah. Well, my face looked like Fungus's does after Randall comes back and turns off the scream machine. Of course, that Sunday we had guests for lunch, and I spent the whole day trying to hide the fact that my deranged, alienish lips were about 3 times their normal size. I don't think it worked very well. Whatever. By the time we had evening worship, it was somewhat better. And now, today, my lips are a normal size despite being dry, irritated, and scabby.
Mom and I have decided that I must be allergic to the lip gloss. And my reaction to it is getting progressively worse. If I were to accidentally put on "the wrong kind" of lip gloss again, who knows, I might even have an anaphylactic reaction! Something tells me, though, that if I were to go to an allergist and explain that I needed an epi-pen to carry around because of "lipgloss allergies" they'd blow me off. Ah, well, I'll have to be careful.
Maybe I can do some sleuthing (like comparing some good lip glosses with the bad lipgloss) and figure out which ingredient must be the problem. And, in future, if I have anymore epi-pen-less lip gloss problems, it'll be au naturale for me. In the meantime, "Elementary, my dear Watson!" |
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Jul. 1, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Thanks for your comment! I love the idea of posting nature pictures...I do happen to have lots of them, mostly thanks to a snap-happy, nature-loving family. :) Thanks for the inspiration! :)
Blessings,
Kori