I'm just confused. About two weeks ago, I started breaking out.
Just started as two little bumps. First thing I tried was straight
clorox and it felt great. But somebody help me out here. It ate my
skin off and turned into this awful looking raw red place. Will
this heal or am I scarred for life? After the clorox thing, a
friend said, oh yeah, man, you're never supposed to do that. Great.
And then another friend said rub some honey over the infected
looking raw place and some fresh aloe. Well the honey burned a
great deal. Then the next day it formed some ugly blisters. And
then somebody else said, oh don't use greasy stuff at all --- no
honey, no aloe gel. It needs to dry up. So I tried a caladryl
cream. And then I noticed it says right on the dad blamed bottle
not to use on blistered, raw or oozing skin. Why? What the heck is
going to happen now? Is my leg going to just rot off? And I thought
this was supposed to go away on its own after two week s --- for
some reason -- on day 14 it's Spreading!!!! It has hopped onto my
other leg. And now I'm even worried about the clothes I am wearing
because they were washed in cool water and air dried. Maybe the oil
didn't go away. Benadryl cream didn't do one thing for it. My main
concern is that big raw red place. It looks ten times worse than
anything else. Is that a clorox burn or part of the poison ivy. The
aloe gel feels great. And shouldn't that help the burned skin heal
better too? I've been taking extra vitamins, extra c, echinacea
(because I also have a nasty cold) and even some flax seed oil
(another friend recommended this) How long will it take to get over
it? Any advice out there? Please assure me about the reaction to
the clorox that I have not deformed myself permanently. My next
thing is I am going to buy some Dawn tomorrow --- at Dawn when the
store opens.
--"diahn" ([email protected]) submitted 20/May/2003
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