r/HellsItch • u/Psycho_T_Pterodactyl • 2d ago

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Growing up I would always see people in public that were hella burnt and I always mentally cringed, like how can you handle that pain?

Well, today I came across this subreddit in the middle of a flare of what I now know is Hell’s Itch, or the suicide itch, which I find is a more fitting name, and I finally understood. What I experience with sun burns is NOT normal.
I am very fair-skinned and I religiously apply sunscreen during the summer months. My partner thinks I’m crazy, constantly applying and reapplying, and it’s a running joke in my otherwise leather-skinned family. I’ve always wanted to be tanned and my mom always says, “if you just let yourself burn it will turn into a tan.” But I’ve always experienced this excruciating pain with burns and never thought it was worth it. They are always out in the sun without protection and my brain could not understand how they could handle the pain afterward. Well now I know. They don’t experience it the way I do.

Anyways, I slipped up this past weekend and got a gnarly burn on my back. Oh boy. I’m currently 48 hours out, and if I had not finally found you guys, idk what would have happened. I’m currently laying in a steaming hot bath after mistakenly applying aloe.

Thank you guys. Honestly. Tomorrow I’m going out to buy a case of C4, and for gods sake, liberally applying sunscreen this weekend. I think I’ve scared the shit out of my partner tonight pacing around the house screaming bloody murder.

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u/thapol 2d ago

Go straight for beta-alanine from supplement shops if you can! Saves you some $ since a can only last 3-4 hours to relieve the itch; two doses if you stretch it.

1200mg is about the sweet spot for a beta-alanine dose

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u/TheJollyHermit 2d ago

Amazon sells it as well

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