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Jul. 6th, 2005 01:29 amOff to sleep! I was curiously exhausted all day today; I think I overdid it this weekend. So all I was able to manage today was heating up dinner (which almost caused me to have to take a nap), taking care of Arwen, and riding to the library to return some stuff (yeah, I had to have someone else drive).
I'm alarmed because my face, neck, and upper chest area is covered with small reddish bumps... not quite pimples, not quite a rash. Started a week ago on my chest. No idea what's causing it. I think the bumps on my face (different in number/texture/density from the ones on my chest) may be caused by a cream I've been sampling, Aveeno Skin Brightening Moisturizer. I had a similar reaction to L'Oreal Transformance, and I think it's because of all the mica they put in these creams to make them "brighten." It just makes the skin more reflective. The last time I recall my temples and forehead being this broken-out was the summer of 1991. At the time I quit using Clinique products, thinking they were the culprits, although now I don't think they actually caused the rash. Lots of tiny red bumps, some with whitish centers. Mostly I'm just leaving them alone.
I screened all comments to my last post... not because of what anyone else said, but because of some comments I made to a friend that I do not wish to become controversial. I can think of at least two different groups of people who might take issue with some of them. A lot of them are things I've said in other contexts, and will say again in other ways, so nobody's missing anything.
I'm alarmed because my face, neck, and upper chest area is covered with small reddish bumps... not quite pimples, not quite a rash. Started a week ago on my chest. No idea what's causing it. I think the bumps on my face (different in number/texture/density from the ones on my chest) may be caused by a cream I've been sampling, Aveeno Skin Brightening Moisturizer. I had a similar reaction to L'Oreal Transformance, and I think it's because of all the mica they put in these creams to make them "brighten." It just makes the skin more reflective. The last time I recall my temples and forehead being this broken-out was the summer of 1991. At the time I quit using Clinique products, thinking they were the culprits, although now I don't think they actually caused the rash. Lots of tiny red bumps, some with whitish centers. Mostly I'm just leaving them alone.
I screened all comments to my last post... not because of what anyone else said, but because of some comments I made to a friend that I do not wish to become controversial. I can think of at least two different groups of people who might take issue with some of them. A lot of them are things I've said in other contexts, and will say again in other ways, so nobody's missing anything.
