After I have a nice, hot shower, I get these lil hives all over my body, mostly on my chest, back, and stomach. It looks like I showered with mosquitos! I thought that it could be a reaction to the soap I was using, so I changed brands... several times. This has been going on for a few years at least, and I doubt I'm the only one with this problem.
The rash, which look like bug bites, always appears after a shower. I'm not sure if it appears after swimming as I haven't really checked.
What causes these hives? Chemicals in the water?
2007-04-20
05:37:43
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Quickman
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Gah, I'm not too accustomed to this interface, so I'm gonna recap my origonal question real quick: After a nice, hot shower, I get hives on my chest, back, and stomach. They look like I washed with mosquitos.
To add on, concerning MrsZ's question about what the hives/bumps/whatever look like...
The hives look like mosquito bites. A raised, white (well, normal skintone) bump surrounded by an irregular pink border that extends out from the bump roughly a quarter of an inch. The bumps are in random places and not real localized. They also itch.
Seriously, the hives look just like mosquito bites. After a shower I look like I was in a swarm of mosquitos. After a while, the bumps will go away, but small red dots from where they were will remain for mebbe a coupla hours 'fore they fade away.
If they're caused by heat, then I'll try a colder shower and see how that works.
2007-04-20
07:00:58 ·
update #1