Skin Question...Allergic Reaction To Flower

by Shane
(TN)

Hi,

Back before September my face had always been good. No flaky skin, no redness at all. My mom had eye surgery and my sister brought over flowers for her. For starters, flowers can trigger asthma attacks in me. I just tried to stay out of the house until they got rid of them, but it was bad on my breathing the whole time. About a week and a half after they were here I developed a rash on my face. It's red burning, and slightly itchy. It's a slim line going up the skin on both sides of my nose (not on my nose, just the skin beside it) The right side is wider though, and my forehead even has red spots of itchy/flaky/dry red burning skin. The problem is, if water gets on it.....water makes it burn worse and get even darker red. I ordered a facial wash and a lotion from some company that were all natural from different plants, no fragrances or chemicals that I would be allergic to either. Well, that also made it worse and it just got more and more red. So basically, as long as I wash my hair without my face getting wet, and I don't put anything on my face it's minimal, but it still looks bad and kind of a blow on the self esteem. I'm not a bad looking person.....but with this it definitely isn't pretty. Anyway I usually have Total cereal in the morning now with the majority of your daily vitamins, I typically eat healthy foods throughout the day, don't eat salty foods, I drink about 5 or 6, 16 ounce glasses of water a day, etc etc. What can I do for my skin condition? It's only on the spots described, but like I said water makes it burn and gets even more red and dry, so I can't even take a shower now I just take quick baths and wash my hair under the faucet to keep it from getting wet. The cold outside is making my skin more and more dry, but if I use lotion for the flaky skin it will make my redness worse..... Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.