R A S H? B U R N?

I’ve been very thankful for clear, not perfect, but close to it, skin throughout my life. Over the past couple of years however, I’ve been struggling with this rash/burn in the summer time. I’m not bothered by it, I’m not insecure about it, I have learned to embrace when it comes, knowing there isn’t really much I can do about it.

At first, I thought it was an allergic reaction to the sun, but the rest of my skin tans up nicely so it didn’t make much sense. Then, I thought it was just a bad sun burn, but I LOAD a very trustworthy face specific sunscreen on my cheeks & nose before laying in the sun, so that didn’t make much sense either. This summer…I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s a heat rash! Not specifically from the sun, but from my internal body temperature getting to warm. I have laid in the sun a couple of times this summer & haven’t experienced my rash, however I drank a cup of tea the other day (made by my fabulous grandmother), my internal body temperature got really warm & I got this rash that evening!

Today it was its worse, thankfully starting to subside, but it’s such a strange, sporadic thing that only happens in the summer!

Anybody else experience this? I’d love to know :)