Hi,
Recently returned from a Caribbean holiday.
Used sunscreen, but perhaps not religiously / as often as I should have. Week before I left the island I spent a few days at a hotel complex, was fine when I got there. However on the last day I went out into the sun; spent time in the pool, on the sun lounger, walking to / from the BBQ hut for lunch, and then in a car on my way home. My skin felt fine, however when I got to my destination (where I was staying) . . . my skin was on fire! Although I had slight tan lines, and I was a bit red, I didn't have any blisters. I religiously put aloe vera on the skin and sudocrem to soothe the areas (my whole body nearly), and continued doing so until I got home / back to the UK.
I returned to the UK, and things settled. However I kept putting aloe vera on my skin to soothe and moisturise the skin. A few days after returning my skin started to peel, this was only slightly, but that was it. A week after returning my skin erupted again into the tingling, pins and needles and it has been like this for the past 5 weeks! I have religiously been applying aloe vera day and night. Went to my GP who gave me an Emolliant to use to see if that settles things but I don't think it's working. Even taken Piriton to see if that works, slight relief, but the issue still remains. I am also experiencing tummy cramps as a result of this; 5 weeks, and I am at times in great agony with it.
I am now panicking / worrying that my skin will never return to how it use to be. I always visit the Caribbean but have never experienced this. Even today the sun was out, and my skin didn't like it!
Does anyone have any help / advice / tips on how best I can treat this issue? It's annoying me and I just want the tingling / itching / pins and needles to stop