Anyone else allergic to sunscreen (oxybenzone)?
So I've been at camp for staff training week and I've been using sunscreen during lifeguard training. A few days ago I noticed my legs were itching but I thought it was just sunburn. Yesterday after getting out of the pool, I noticed a big rash on both my thighs and the back of my hands.
Last year at training I got the hand rash but never knew what it was and it didn't come back til now. I looked up sunscreen allergies and my rash matched a picture of an oxybenzone reaction. Also, I remembered that I bought the same sunscreen I was using last year. (Equate sport 50 spf)
Anyone else allergic to sunscreen?
((Also it kinda makes sense that I'd be allergic to sunscreen because since I was little, I'd have bad sunburns and be crying in pain but it could've been a sunburn + reaction.....))
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