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Days 3-4

This blog is to help others contemplating this treatment.

Days 3-4


Treatment: Efudix - whole face - 21 days exposure planned - GP review at day 19.


This is being written at the start of Day 4 - ANZAC Day.  No ceremony for me, the first I'll have missed in 15 years, just can't do the UV.

I can see increased redness, perhaps you'll notice it too in the comparison to Day 1.  Nothing startling in a visual sense yet.  I see little red spots that weren't there 4 days ago - you probably won't pick them up in the comparison photos.

I am constantly aware that something is happening in my skin. I'm aware that my face feels like it is gradually getting 'tighter'. It also manifests as light tingling which comes and goes, but it can also progress to a little local itchiness.  That's when you have to check yourself on the 'auto-response' to scratch.  I don't want this stuff on my fingers.  

Shaving this morning was different also; it felt a little grainy like the blades were dull (they weren't) and it was a little tender in spots - mainly the 'side-burn zone'.  Nothing major.

The headache from Day 2 has gone - that's a positive.

Learning:

You become acutely aware at how well you know your own face in the mirror when new marks appear and you are attuned to looking for change.







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