Okay, so if you read my previous post on how I came to try my most recent cholinergic urticaria experiment, then you will know that I saw something in the mirror. What was it? Let me explain.
What I Saw in the Mirror That Made Me Curious
I look in the mirror daily, so it isn’t as if I suddenly saw something that was there every other day. I didn’t. I saw something that I would have only noticed because I was working outside in the sun.
The sun had given me a slight tan on my skin (my back especially). So when I looked in the mirror, I noticed these very faint areas of light pigmented skin. They were very tiny and I almost didn’t notice them. They are so tiny, in fact, they are almost as small as the pinpoint hives we get.
They weren’t everywhere, but they were noticeable enough on my shoulder for them to catch my eye. Just a few mainly on my shoulders, and in the center of my back. Here is the picture of what I saw:
Discolored spots
You should be able to see the light colored “dots” in the picture above. That is what I saw in the mirror, and I only noticed it because my skin had tanned from the sun a bit.
As I saw this, an older condition that I had researched online (and that had even been discussed on this forum) immediately came into my mind. So I grabbed up my laptop to look at some pictures and read more about it.
Which condition am I talking about? Stay tuned for the next posts below…
Tinea Versicolor, and then, my treatment experiment
