Had a client break out in hives during a chemical peel last Tuesday

I was doing a medium-depth peel on a regular at my studio in Portland. She'd had this peel before with no problems. About 8 minutes in she said her face was burning really bad, not normal. I neutralized it right away but she was already getting red welts on her neck. Grabbed my emergency kit, gave her a cool compress and some oral antihistamine from the drugstore next door. She was fine after about an hour but I was shaking the whole time. Now I do a patch test even on returning clients. Has anyone else had a sudden reaction like this with someone who had no history?

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the_julia27d ago

Weird how people's bodies can just decide to change like that. Kind of like how you can eat shellfish for years then one day you can't. Bodies are just unpredictable like that.

daniel51126d agoMost Upvoted

Yeah it's wild how your own body can just flip a switch like that without warning. I had a buddy who ate peanut butter sandwiches his whole life then one day his throat started closing up out of nowhere. Makes you wonder what else is just waiting to randomly turn on you.