Suffering from a skin ailment!! Gah!!

I decided to share with my readers some of my frustration that I am having with a breakout of hives that I am suffering from.

Last time I EVER had hives to this extent was when I was a little girl and I had eaten pine apple while licking stamps to put in my mothers stamp booklet. Apparently my parents were never able to figure out what caused it the pineapple or the glue or the two combined...so they kept me away from both all my life. I started to eat pineapple in adulthood and never had any hives so I determined that it had not been the cause. Or if it had ,I had outgrown it.
Well two weeks ago I broke out in hives all over my chest ,my ears filled with fluid and I felt like I may even had some inside my throat! Some really strong Benadryl which knocked me out for a day seemed to help with the throat and ear thing. I have had to take an antihistamine every 6 hours since just to hold this rash to what it is....I have gone over everything I may have eaten and can come up with nothing .
From everything I have read Hives can be brought on by stress. Have I had that this last month? yes.Combined with seasonal allergies seems to be the only trigger I can come up with.

The most common skin allergy triggers that cause hives include:


• Medication such as antibiotics, codeine, penicillin, sulfa, anticonvulsant drugs, phenobarbital, and aspirin

• Foods like shellfish, nuts, tomatoes, soy, chocolate, and berries

• Pollen

• Cat dander

• Insect bites such as bee ans wasp stings



Other causes of the hives include: emotional stress, bacterial - viral - fungal infections, hepatitis B, parasitic worms, food additives, plants, cold temperatures, heat, sweating, and dermatographism (irritation from pressure or tight fitting clothes).

So as you can see this is not going to be easy to figure out.....
Seeing the Doc on Monday and hope for some answers.

Can NOT stop talking about it!!

Yes,I am STILL talking about the IonToSonic machine. Into our second week of using this on clients and getting some feedback. Overall its a huge thumbs up! I confess I am addicted to how it feels getting the treatment done. I didn't get one this week because we were so busy doing them on clients. Added to that its' sweetest day week and EVERYONE wants a massage or something. Anyway,I am badly missing my treatment. Not really because I need one so badly but because I miss the way it feels getting one.

The combination of galvanic current and ultrasonic feels invigorating! It is hard to describe to some one. Its relaxing and invigorating at the same time! As I am working on someone I can actually see the results happen on their skin right before my eyes. I have several people booked for series of treatments (3 or more). Very excited to see the results on them after 3 of these.

This can also be used on ageing hands. Hands show age very quickly and if this treatment can renew that skin it would be a bonus for so many people.
Ok ,I will stop raving about it ,for now. Please think about getting one of these treatments done.

IonToSonic Machine update

A couple posts back I blogged about a new treatment we were getting into the salon that uses a combination of ultrasound and galvanic technology to improve the skin. Well the machine is here and I LOVE IT!! The results are immediate!

Do you remember when you skin felt like this?

Soft,hydrated,smooth?
Well that is how my skin felt after one treatment.Yes you heard right,after ONE treatment. The overall color tone was improved and my skin felt silky and hydrated. I am excited to see what several Treatments will accomplish.

I highly recommend this affordable treatment to just about anyone. You will not be disappointed. The results will vary according to skin care needs,but I am convinced that it can help improve just about any ones skin.