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Reoccurring Blistering rash
I am a 23 yr old female. I am currently suffering from some sort of allergic reaction. This started about April of 2013 when I started working in a salon. I had just graduated cosmetology school, Thought it may be due to the latex gloves or the products but I never break out any where else but the front of my neck, the right corner of my mouth and my right eye.
The first day it is just very red and very itchy. Not painful. My eye and mouth don't really itch but it is swollen and I can feel/see that there is fluid under the skin. The second day my neck and mouth form clear fluid blisters. These blisters are not painful and for the most part the itching has stopped. Once the blisters pop the skin sloughs off and a scab forms. After the scab is healed its red for another couple of days but eventually just turns into scar tissue. This time is a little different. The blisters did not form that much on my neck. It felt more like a burn, however the blisters got bad around the corner of my mouth and even blistered on my eye lid.
I had gone to the ER for another reason and just so happen to have the rash show up 30 mins before going. The ER doctor gave me a medication for chest pains I was having. There was a numbing agent in it. I think it was lidocaine, they wanted to see if my chest pains were GI or not. It ended up making the rash much worse in my face. The first time I went to get it looked at they told me it was Shingles. It is not painful at all until it scabs over.
The first day it is just very red and very itchy. Not painful. My eye and mouth don't really itch but it is swollen and I can feel/see that there is fluid under the skin. The second day my neck and mouth form clear fluid blisters. These blisters are not painful and for the most part the itching has stopped. Once the blisters pop the skin sloughs off and a scab forms. After the scab is healed its red for another couple of days but eventually just turns into scar tissue. This time is a little different. The blisters did not form that much on my neck. It felt more like a burn, however the blisters got bad around the corner of my mouth and even blistered on my eye lid.
I had gone to the ER for another reason and just so happen to have the rash show up 30 mins before going. The ER doctor gave me a medication for chest pains I was having. There was a numbing agent in it. I think it was lidocaine, they wanted to see if my chest pains were GI or not. It ended up making the rash much worse in my face. The first time I went to get it looked at they told me it was Shingles. It is not painful at all until it scabs over.
Thank you for the reply. I plan on doing that the next time it happens. Hopefully it wont. I didn't think Shingles was right just because its not painful at all. I mean right now its super itchy but its almost healed. My eye is what is concerning me the most. It hasn't blistered before until this outbreak.
Shingles are exxxxxxxtremly painful--. Take a photo of your face, lips when it breaks out. Then take it to an infectious disease doctor vs. dermatologist--he/she will know either way what's going on with you. You could be highly allergic to s/thing in the salon. Photo will show dr.a good view of your problem. Good Luck
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