MaMa's Blogging Zone: War of Skin Allergy

December 27, 2012

WARNING!!!!

This post contains pictures that might cause unpleasant sight. :P

Continue if you are interested to know about it.

There is no intention of defamation of any brands or products,

this is merely meant for my own records.

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14th Dec 2012

Happily Shopping for Christmas Presents.
New Skin Care bought for my own use :- Jur Rose Mist, Jur Rose Cleansing Cream, Jur Rose Body Oil, FOC Jur Lavender Face Loose Powder
I love Jur products, I have been using them for years, especially the Rose range.
The differences of this purchase was the PACKAGING of the Rose Mist (it's Plastic bottle now) and there's an additional complementary Lavender Loose Powder.

15th Dec 2012

Skincare routine as usual, including the new purchased items, excluding the Lavender Powder
Additional info - I slept on the bed which I caught bug bites everytime I lay on it. My left cheek was on the pillow for 1 hour with the same sleeping posture. I was certain about the duration because I had hardtime falling asleep that night.

16th Dec 2012

Found 6 - 7 red spot on my left face. Immediately, I associated the spot to the bed bugs/ dust mites. It was unquestionable at that moment, I applied Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Oil and followed by the Thursday Plantation Blemish Gel.
These spots bothered me quite a bit, I concealed with Dr. Hauschka's Tinted Blemish Stick.
I put on Channel foundation a little thicker than usual. It was a little too Shinny, and then I topped it up with the Lavender Loose Powder.

17th Dec 2012

Red spots spreaded a little like 2 or 3 extras on the same side of my face.
I covered it as per what I did on the 16th.
I went out dinner with Wendy, and showed her the spot. The number of red spots remained the same. Red spots similar to those that I usually found on my legs or hands, thus I was not surprised and did not have the intention to take any pictures of it to keep a record nor any plan to consult doctors.
After a shower, I could feel a slight inflammation on my face, not severe and redness appeared gradually. No itch, no soreness. Just a very mild feeling of inflammation.

18th Dec 2012

Woke up with more red patches on my face, which the feeling of inflammation is a little more intense. But no pain, swelling or itchiness. Just Redness!
Went straight to the best Skin Specialist in town - Dr. Ting.
He confirmed that the allergy was not caused by bedbugs/dust mites as the form of red patches didn't resemble of bugs bites, his diagnosis of the allergy was caused by my NEW skincare. But, I didn't use ANYTHING new - I thought at that moment.
He prescribed both topical and oral medication for two weeks to treat my allergy.

19th December 2012

I was in denial, and wanted more advise, so I went to our most trusted neighbourhood GP, Dr. Loo.
He gave the same diagnosis as Dr. Ting, and he claimed that Dr. Ting is the best skin specialist in Town.
The antihistamine and antibiotics are making me a sick person, feeling sick and drowsy for days.

20th December 2012