Allergic to the sun!!!!

Rachie_B

I have the dreaded PMLE too have suffered with it since I was about 10 and am now 31!

I find taking betacarotene all spring / summer helps ,also antihistamines on sunny days or in the lead up to a holiday

some people on here : http://www.holidaytruths.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=216&start=180 have steroids prescribed rfom their GP for holidays ,but these should not be taken for long periods,of course

xxvickixx

Lizzy, I'm very fair and pink toned. Not allergic to anything but I do also react badly to insect bites so maybe a little?
Mine started on my first tropical holiday to St Lucia, before then I'd only been to France and Spain and never sunbathed before that holiday so maybe that started it.

marrowgirl

Hi Lizzy,

That's so weird, I'm allergic to elastoplast/fabric plaster too (but ok with waterproof one). I also have trouble with some deoderants (I get nice boils under my armpits)although otherwise allergy free.
My skin is very pale. I now have mousy hair but was blonde as a child and red head as a baby. The sun allergy started off my first holiday abroad (Majorca) and now it flairs up each spring (although I don't sunbathe and pretty much hide from the sun)

I think if you have one allergy you are prone to others. If the skin/body is already sensitive/irritated it doesn't take much to set it off again with something else.

Lizzy

I had red hair as a baby too and now mousy (but blonde from a bottle).

I went back to the hospital yesterday for a check up on my skin after the light treatment. They were happy that my skin had not broken out this time and think that the treatment has worked. It usually has broken out by now and goes away by mid summer (although last year it hung around).

They are not going to repeat the treatment next January, they are just going to see how it goes. He said people are different and it may have given me some immunity but have to wait and see.

He asked did I wear makeup with sun factor in, I thought he said factor 15 I said no but in fact he said factor 50 !!! He has given me factor 50 sunscreen on the NHS but the tinted factor 50 foundation I would have to buy. He gave me some free samples though. So will always have to take care and hide from the sun to some extent but hopefully without the terrible burning, itching, unsightly rash.