I'm sure the boy can empathize with you. I put deet (bug repellent) on him for the first time this year, and woke the next morning to find him covered in zits. Only where the deet had been. They've gotten so thick, his face feels like sandpaper. Called the pediatrician, and there's basically nothing to be done for it; just let him alone so it can cure itself. And take benedryl internally to stop the histamines.
Stupid thing was, this is the second time I've given him this rash. Did the exact same thing this same time last year. *smacks forhead* D'oh! Now we are on the search for a non-deet bug repellent. I'd leave him well enough alone, but he has bad reactions to bug bites as well. They turn into marble-sized hard-pus-filled lumps. That itch. At least the sandpaper zits from the deet don't seem to itch as badly.
Anyway, long comment short, you have his empathy. -H
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Date: 2002-07-12 09:02 am (UTC)Stupid thing was, this is the second time I've given him this rash. Did the exact same thing this same time last year. *smacks forhead* D'oh! Now we are on the search for a non-deet bug repellent. I'd leave him well enough alone, but he has bad reactions to bug bites as well. They turn into marble-sized hard-pus-filled lumps. That itch. At least the sandpaper zits from the deet don't seem to itch as badly.
Anyway, long comment short, you have his empathy. -H