Today, I discovered that the painful eczema I get every winter was actually being caused by the moisturising cream I use to treat it. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out that what I thought was "acne" is actually an allergic reaction to a cream I've been using for years. I thought the cream was helping me with the breakouts but my doctor says the real acne probably went away naturally years ago. FML
Today, I found out that my intense acne is actually an allergic reaction to the "deep clean" product I've been using to reduce it. I've been using this product for the past ten years. Ten years of suffering through "acne" could have been easily avoided. FML
Today, I've got the worst eczema I've had in 25 years. It's spread to the worst possible spot: right where my thighs touch when I walk. FML
Today, I got a new skin cream for my acne. I tested it on a small patch of skin just to make sure I wasn't allergic. I was, and the reaction didn't stay on that small patch of skin. My left arm is now almost entirely covered in a horrible rash. FML
Today, the eczema on my hands is so bad that my phone's touch screen didn't want acknowledge my fingers as human skin. FML
Today, I realized that the tingly feeling on my face when I put a new combination of acne wash, acne medication, and my usual moisturizer on was not, in fact, "it working." It was slowly peeling away the top layer of skin. I look and feel sunburned. I also still have acne and oily skin. FML
Today, I was woken up at 2 in the morning by my wife frantically saying something about her having scabies, and that I had to take her to the ER. It turned out to be eczema. FML
Today, I went to the doctor for what I thought was a persistent bug bite. Turns out it was a mole I'd never noticed. I had been scratching it then applying anti-itch cream for weeks. FML
Today, I discovered that my "life-changing" skincare routine wasn’t working because I’d been using conditioner instead of moisturizer for two weeks. My skin is greasy, and I smell like coconuts. FML
Today, I found out that I am allergic to one of the preservatives that they put in aloe. I found this out after I put some on a severe sunburn I have. Not only am I sunburned, but now I am severely itchy as well. FML
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Top comments
thejacl 0
So you started using the cream for no reason then?...
DocBastard 40
She's also *15 years old*. It's guys like you that make me want to build a concrete fortress around my house to prevent any sick ***** like you from getting to my daughter.
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Comments (107)
MetalCraze 11
Sympathy I just realised the mineral oil in certain hand lotions I use for dry skin causes a seeping rash bad enough to have to go to the hospital.
varkey 7
wait, so why did you use the cream in the first place? you couldn't have had the eczema then, since the cream causes it...
robinlaya 0
I use Vaseline and it cleared up right away. best thing ever.
melikka95 2
I have it. just be sure after you take a shower put lotion where ever you spots are. it doesn't have to be a doctor prescribed medication. use jergins just something that doesn't have a smell... it'll help trust me :)
AAAAHHHH12 2
The irony volcano is spewing hot, ironic, lava.
Khfan12 13
So you just started using the cream for no reason? Because if the cream caused your eczema, that would mean you were using cream to treat it when you didn't even have it.
nizzy09 3
so did u just randomly start using the treatment cream one day, and then u started to get eczema? hmmmm normally u get the illness first and then use the treatment... but whatever!
tommygun93 2
im sure he started using it to treat the eczema and found out it was probably just making it worse. think a little
Jarl_the_Elite 27
I think it's that OP gets it a little then uses the cream
oliolioxenfree5 0
it's sooo terrible in the winter ):
bekahvbp 4
ooo I have eczema
sam_stalker 0
I have TERRIBLE eczema on my scalp. no shampoos or ointments help, so I have incredibly dry, flaky skin that looks like thick dandruff year round. OP I know how you feel :(