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Month 16 ~ April 2017

I stopped the UVB light therapy, but it was already too late. My face flared up terribly! I was in shock! How can this be: I am 16 months in! When is it going to stop?! I felt super ill, tired and allergic to everything! And the worse part: I started to ooze again! NOOOO! I forgot how pain your skin can be! So the suffering started again! It built up very quickly, from a little rash to one big flare! And ofcourse my wrinkles, they came back!



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