The bright side! I'm pretty sure we narrowed down the cause (my new lavender bodywash) and treatment is easy (chuck it in favor of something non-scented and pop benadryl like candy)

I took a hilarious misstep at 3am when I woke up to a rash under my arms and thought, "maybe it's my deodorant? I'd better wash that area (with the bodywash that was actually the culprit)"

oh no

It all worked out, tho! Got a steroid shot and the urgent care I went to was thankfully like, "stay out of our waiting room, we'll call YOU when you can come". Which is definitely a point in its favor.

whoops!

i'm glad you were seen to by a good urgent care

OH NO... glad that the cause was. QUICK TO FIND

Haha, yes! Bless the lady who took my stats at the beginning. She asked if I'd changed detergent or soaps and I said, "Well, I started a new lavender body wash but that was a couple of days ago..." and she gave me a Look and said, "oh yeah, lavender is Like That"

Googled it while waiting for the doc and it was like "damn, she's right! it all fits!!"

oh dear

oh no!!!!

Lavender is rude. I’m glad she id’d that right away and asked all the right questions. And I’m glad you went to get help instead of toughing it out!

Lavender needs to chill, I agree!! And yeah, I’m so glad I went. Otherwise I’d be an itchy ball of anxiety going, “what’s going oooon?”