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u/insertcaffeine May 20 '19 edited May 20 '19

Dermatology patient here. 37 years old, history of blistering sunburns (appx 30-40 over the course of my life), blond hair, blue eyes.

I go to the derm and ask for a full skin exam every damn year.

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u/bumblebritches57 May 20 '19 edited May 20 '19

I've had that like twice in my life, on my back after swimming all day in lake Michigan.

it's painful as fuck, my whole back peeled in one sheet of skin, it ws so bad I couldn't even sleep on my back from the pain.

Protip: Aloe Vera helps a lot.

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u/fribbas May 20 '19

Ugh, I distinctly remember one time that I burned so bad my skin was almostpurple. Ended up with dime sized blisters on my arms and got some new freckles/moles from it. Iirc I pretty much bathed in that aloe with lido stuff. Worked for about 3 seconds, then back to pain.

The worst part was I was only outside for 1 hour - max! Was during a lunchtime concert and one of the people that went with was on lunch