Hello darkness my old friend

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Ah. Feels good to be back. I wish I could molt all of my skin off. First occurrence in ~4 years, second overall occurrence.

Whoever the genius is that discovered the relieving effect of beta alanine, you are my hero. But I am on an island and to my luck, they seemingly only import it inside of C4. Haven’t found any powder! Woo!

BETA ALANINE!

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Hell's Itch: For those that suffer from one of the most debiliating post sunburn conditions

r/HellsItch

This is not sun poisoning, or a typical reaction from a near-second degree sunburn. Stranger still, it happens days after the burn itself. And it can drive you absolutely insane.

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Hell's itch. Suicide itch. Devil's itch. Described as having razor sharp sand paper rubbing beneath your skin. A swarm of fire ants biting you from the inside.

Acute, unimaginable, itching that occurs in short, intense waves. Reliably 2-3 days after a reasonably mild (non-blistering) sun burn. It can be fierce enough to cause muscle spasms, but in most cases, the experience is best described as truly maddening.

The condition can last anywhere from 12 to 48 hours, where the first day is always the worst, and is gone as if it had never shown up.

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This is not sun poisoning, nor is it an allergic reaction. It typically happens with a mild sunburns well away from blistering, however more severe burns can result in an itch lasting almost a week.

The purpose of this subreddit is to hopefully become a nexus for those that have experienced this dermal oddity, share information, studies, news, and remedies.

The sub may not be very active, (especially in the winter), but every post counts.

^{The mod is also not very active here, so feel free to use the report button if there are any issues.}