Exciting news… I’ve begun 212121 on my stomach and lower back! I could have probably done this sooner but didn’t want to add the pressures of my travels to the change so held on until this week to drop down.
Three days in, so far so good!
And overall, dayumn my skin is looking positively lickable! For once, I haven’t suffered too much hypo pigmentation after tanning, perhaps because it’s not needing to heal over much anymore. I’m all one smooth brown colour and I can’t stop getting my belly out just to admire myself!
As an update to my last post, my arms did fully flare (well, not fully fully, but you know, post-Dr Aron fully) and with it came a tiny bit on my chest, but my chest went down again in a few days after upping applications of the compound.
I controlled my arms by using undiluted twice a day (not the four that Dr Aron normally starts you on; it didn’t seem that severe). I’ve now weaned myself off the undiluted so am waiting to see if my skin will cope with such a quick drop down.
I controlled my arms by using undiluted twice a day (not the four that Dr Aron normally starts you on; it didn’t seem that severe). I’ve now weaned myself off the undiluted so am waiting to see if my skin will cope with such a quick drop down.
Two major things contributed to my holiday flare:
1. I fancied treating myself to a cheeky sunbathe but thought the sun was a trigger for me so covered my arms in a sarong. Turns out, it’s not the sun, it’s the heat of the sun that triggers. Covering them may actually have made the heat worse… The rest of my body was absolutely fine!
2. We went on a two hour ferry which, in true Indonesian style, had air con units installed but refused to turn them on. It was a packed boat but the people sitting next to the windows were getting ocean spray in their faces so closed the windows, leaving us gasping for a bit of cool air. I frantically fanned my arms the whole journey, but still I could see the redness rising and becoming inflamed. Gaaah…
1. I fancied treating myself to a cheeky sunbathe but thought the sun was a trigger for me so covered my arms in a sarong. Turns out, it’s not the sun, it’s the heat of the sun that triggers. Covering them may actually have made the heat worse… The rest of my body was absolutely fine!
2. We went on a two hour ferry which, in true Indonesian style, had air con units installed but refused to turn them on. It was a packed boat but the people sitting next to the windows were getting ocean spray in their faces so closed the windows, leaving us gasping for a bit of cool air. I frantically fanned my arms the whole journey, but still I could see the redness rising and becoming inflamed. Gaaah…
Anyhoo, I’m back in the UK now and am thus preparing to deal with my next trigger factor: the cold. I’ve realised the thing I’m probably going to struggle with the most is finding cotton clothes for winter. Unless you want to pay £30 for a plain, frumpy cotton shirt/top, there aren’t a lot of options out there. I struggle to put together a work wardrobe on a budget as it is, so I think I’m going to just have to buy jumpers but wear long-sleeved cotton tops underneath to save my skin from contact.
Oh well, I should be used to being unfashionable by now… Everything will be a-ok! (#nomakeup)
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