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Sun+Sunscreen+Sand=Allergy?

britchick356
britchick356 CSN Member Posts: 45
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Has anyone ever had\heard of this happening? My oncono pronounced this was the problem with one of my ankles while beachside this summer. I used a hat, 30 sunscreen, umbrella, did everything I had read or heard, to prevent melanoma or sunburn. This nasty patch of rash appeared on my affected-side ankle. I was stumped. Nothing worked on it. I stopped any sun exposure on it and it disappeared before any of my doctors saw it. So who doesn't get sand on their ankles@the beach?
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  • banker
    banker CSN Member Posts: 317 Member
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    Hi, I get this once in a while, was told to much sun, sun-poisening,got it on my shin, just 1 leg, even with sunscreen, will go away when you are out of the sun. Rash looks like little red pimples, itchie ???? Hope this helps, Take care Emmi
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  • britchick356
    britchick356 CSN Member Posts: 45
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    banker said:

    Hi, I get this once in a while, was told to much sun, sun-poisening,got it on my shin, just 1 leg, even with sunscreen, will go away when you are out of the sun. Rash looks like little red pimples, itchie ???? Hope this helps, Take care Emmi

    Thanks Emmi for answering. I was beginning to think either I am a mutant or this was a bunch of hooey that my doctor was trying to hand me! Does it happen on the side your cancer was on? Mine didn't itch, it was just this scary reddish-purple color. I had on so much sunscreen,even to the ankles, that I couldn't imagine how I could possibly get a sun rash\sun poisoning! So does this mean sunscreen doesn't really protect us afterall?
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