>On sun allergies, it's been written:
>
>>>i never heard of sun allergy before!
>
>>I have had a mild sun allergy all my life - when exposed I get a rash
>>on my upper chest, above my breasts, also sometimes on my upper arms.
>>It is fairly mild so I've never worried about it.
>
>Ha!  This one had me perplexed and it just now dawned on me; maybe it's the
>soap you're using.  I once had a neighbor with very sensitive skin.
>Unfortunately, I don't remember the culprit, but a chemical ingredient in
>commercial soap is what gave her hellish rashes.  She had to go to the
>health food store to get pure, mild soaps.  Could this have something to do
>with it?
>
>Dori Zook
>Denver, CO


Thanks for the suggestion, Dori, but I always use pure soap, no
perfumes or anything else. Besides I am 56 years old and this has
been happening to me since I was a little child - has happened no
matter what kind of soap I've been using. Strange huh. It's not
really a problem, though - I can cover up or use sunscreen - and even
if I don't it's a pretty mild rash. I just wrote in because someone
said they hadn't heard of sun allergy before.

Zoe Sodja
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