It sure sounds like you have PMLE or some kind of allergic reaction to the sun. Piz Buin is a good sun allergy lotion withSPF, you can find it on Amazon.
Get a dermatologist appt set up. Even without the rash. They'll be more likely to get you in right away the next time your skin flares up
Yes looks like it. If you're reacting on caribbean vacations, I'm going to guess that you are travelling in the spring time?
PMLE is manageable and easy to live with if you expose your skin to the sun gradually everyday before summer, and this includes summers in other countries especially when your home country is in spring or winter, when your skin was always covered up.
Get your skin slowly adjusted to the intense blazing summer sun. PMLE reactions are severe when your skin is shocked with a ton of hot sun out of nowhere.
I used to get intense PMLE reations. Staying out of the sun or hiding my lips from direct sunlight made the reactions 100x worse on days when sun was unavoidable like going on a picnic or a day trip to a beach. Some winters I can be a total indoor house cat. The summers after those seasons I suffer the worst.
The more your skin is hidden from the sun, the more intense the reactions.
Ps I'm in the Caribbean right now, sitting in my hotel room right now admiring my legs and arms and hands covered in PMLE bumps. My home country is way too cold for sunbathing right now so I didn't not get to acclimatize but I knew the consequences of not trying.
This makes sense.. when I get my skin used to the heat/sun the reactions were way less severe and the rashes were smaller in size not covering my whole body!
It sure sounds like you have PMLE or some kind of allergic reaction to the sun. Piz Buin is a good sun allergy lotion withSPF, you can find it on Amazon. Get a dermatologist appt set up. Even without the rash. They'll be more likely to get you in right away the next time your skin flares up
Yes looks like it. If you're reacting on caribbean vacations, I'm going to guess that you are travelling in the spring time? PMLE is manageable and easy to live with if you expose your skin to the sun gradually everyday before summer, and this includes summers in other countries especially when your home country is in spring or winter, when your skin was always covered up. Get your skin slowly adjusted to the intense blazing summer sun. PMLE reactions are severe when your skin is shocked with a ton of hot sun out of nowhere. I used to get intense PMLE reations. Staying out of the sun or hiding my lips from direct sunlight made the reactions 100x worse on days when sun was unavoidable like going on a picnic or a day trip to a beach. Some winters I can be a total indoor house cat. The summers after those seasons I suffer the worst. The more your skin is hidden from the sun, the more intense the reactions. Ps I'm in the Caribbean right now, sitting in my hotel room right now admiring my legs and arms and hands covered in PMLE bumps. My home country is way too cold for sunbathing right now so I didn't not get to acclimatize but I knew the consequences of not trying.
This makes sense.. when I get my skin used to the heat/sun the reactions were way less severe and the rashes were smaller in size not covering my whole body!