Two weeks ago I was took a flight to London. I was taking a short holiday with my parents and my younger brother. They went to London first because I had a few thing do finish up before I joined them.

Anyway the story is like this. My skin was starting to dry up but there were still patches every where. On the plane, the air is very dry. Too dry for my skin. The 12 hour flight from Malaysia to London became the most painful. I had to get up every two hours to put cream on my body. And with every application it stung like hell. You would think that after the first application things would get better. No it got worse.

By the time I arrived in London and hit the cold morning air did my skin calm down. The temperature that morning was a cool 10 celcius and by the time I met my parents it was about 20 celcius.

By the time the afternoon came it became raging mad again. I had eczema all over my back, side of my torso and my front. It was so bad that I was not able to wear my bra because it hurt.

I went out to Woolwich the nearest town centre were I made home for 10 days. I had complained to my parents that it was painful wearing my bra. My brother said to me than don’t wear a bra then. What to the town centre I said? He said yes! No body would notice anyway. So ok I did just that. I walked around with out a bra on. But I had a thick t-shirt so that if the cool wind blow…. well… you know.

Anyway before I went out, I took a shower and applied protopic. I found when you apply protopic to these areas it stings. Yes it stings. At first when I read that it will sting on the internet I thought it would sting for a while then subside. But it doesn’t. The sting feels like the sensation the burning sensation you feel on your skin after you burnt yourself on a hot kettle. OUCH!!!

That sensation lasts for a few minutes. This one lasts quite a while. A long while! Then coupled with the London hot summer heat the sensation come to the point where you are aggitated. I had to buy ice packs to cool it down. That was the only thing that worked.

After that the temperature started to cool down coupled with good sleep. So my skin got better.

Cooler weather suits me fabulously. I think it is like have ice packs all round so the skin is cooled so the skin does not feel so red and angry from the heat.

Other than that I had a fabulous holiday darling

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