Allergies And So Forth

Previously I tested some products in relation to my allergies. I guess to understand the full extent of my allergies, I’d have to start right from the beginning.

See, I discovered in 2004 that I was allergic to rockmelon. I’d break out in hives by eating it. Then I realised I’d break out in hives by just touching the juice. So therefore I stayed away from rockmelon ever since. It’s not the most common allergy, but I guess you can be allergic to fruit.

So then sometime this year I found our that I was allergic to both red and white wine. I’m not bummed about the red, but I sure am bummed about being allergic to white wine. I do love my sweet whites.

I found this out when I drank white wine one night and went off to shower and started breaking out in rashes. I thought it was cause it was hot (this was in summer this year) and I was just sweaty. So I had wine again another night and again I showered and was itchy. Only then did my aunty put 2 and 2 together, that I might have an allergy to white wine. So we experimented again. I drank white wine and lo and behold I broke out in rashes.

Fine. I tried red wine and same result. Thing is, I’ve drank before and haven’t broken out in hives yet.

So one day we were at dinner at a Chinese restaurant and they typically serve fruit at the end of the meal. And the fruit would usually be rockmelon amongst other things. Thankfully since rockmelon was out of season, they swerved honey dew. So I, being confident, claimed that I’m not allergic to honey dew as I’ve eaten it before.

I came home and voila! I broke out in itches. I don’t know how or why either.

Fine, so another day I came home and had to go to cell group one night and I figured I’d shower first cause I won’t have time to shower after I come back. So off I went to shower and then I came out and happened to wear a low back shirt and I found that I had broken out in hives for no apparent reason. I have no idea why and I showed my aunty. I didn’t not have wine, rockmelon or honey dew any time recently. That was when we kinda figured it might be the shower gel I was using.

Lo and behold, I think it is. Up to this day I’m breaking out in rashes each time I shower. I’ve tried many products, Neutrogena, QV, Sorbelene, Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson’s to no avail. Sorbelene was the only one with any hope but it feels strange to be showering with body lotion.

This was when we figured it might be my shampoo &/or conditioner.

This is what I look like typically almost every night after a shower:

Forgive the Power Puff Girls shirt. I was in PJs

Quite frankly, I’ve given up trying to find products that work. Like my dad says, “Just eat (or in this case) use it till you’re desensitised”. I wonder how long that will take.

The desensitisation of wine is going to be a costly process

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