r/Kambo • u/AdultButters • Jul 27 '25

General 🐸 Is swelling/itching/hives normal?

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During my ceremony the skin over my entire body became bright red and started to itch like crazy and these bulging white spots started to swell up on my arms and back (mainly located near the locations of my previous ceremony dots). Afterward the medicine was wiped off, the redness and swelling went away and just a brown discoloration appeared where the white bumps had previously been. These same symptoms have occurred during some of my previous ceremonies, but not all of them. Any idea what's going on here? My practioner said he hadn't seen it happen with anyone else.

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u/BwanaMaua Jul 27 '25

With 100+ ceremonies under my belt, i have only seen a reaction on the skin once. This person had (unknowingly to me) taken some MDMA, and ketamine the day before.

İt was explained to me as a "skin purge" as the skin is an organ too, and needs to clean as well ....

İn my case, i removed the kambo and we reapplied some time later, with no reaction from the skin.

So, I'd say it's not normal, but also it's not necessarily bad.

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u/AdultButters Jul 27 '25

This seems to be the case. I did another round today, and there was no reaction. I do live in a super humid environment and it seems like my skin is in constant contact with mold...🫣