Time to Face the Cold

So back out to the cold and hopefully will return with better skin and no frost nip ;o)

When Cold Is Hot

Hmm having gone down the chemical route, using a cortesone cream (fucibet) to control the symptoms (well had a skin infection last week!), a strange reaction is happening.

Running in the winter is great as one tends to wear less clothes (I was in shorts and t-shirt) and still feel warm! And so I went for a run. A long run for 4 hours. I was hot but my skin was cool as the breeze (@ 12 degs c) stroked my bare legs, arms and midrift (well I was hot!!).

At the end of the run, I stretched and my legs began to feel prickly....itchy. Entering a warm room made everything worst. Soon a heat rash caught hold of the top of my legs, arms and midrift. Had to scratch the unbareable itch......and quickly plunged myself into a tepid bath which seemed to ease the symptoms with......of course sea salt and a tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda in the water.

This is the first time I have suffered with these symptoms from the cold, and can only guess the cortesone has made my skin more sensitive. Hope my skin can grow back once I stop using the stuff.