lol...I didn’t say how much “some” was. Hostess bakery doesn’t make it home. That’s how I handle that.
I gave up on trying to find out if I had a food trigger. I spent months trying to figure it out, eliminating this thing or that thing that were common triggers, but to no avail. I generally try to follow the possible trigger list just in case.
I bought an aloe plant last year, put it outside, then forgot about it. After reading up on it, I wasn’t sure about using on a daily basis, especially on the face. I hear it is very good for burns. How do you use it?
YIKES!!! Me too!!! About the only thing that makes it home most of the time are chocolate smears on my face and crumbs on the seat of truck!
As for aloe vera -- the most important thing to remember is to think of it FIRST, as in RIGHT NOW, with sun burns and most heat burns. If all you remember is that, it's good. Bottled aloe is good for those things, too, but they don't compare to "fresh" aloe (though fresh-picked will stay good in the fridge crisper for a two months, easy). I'll FReepmail you. I've been using it daily (or mostly daily) for probably 14 years. Its regular, consistent use has:
1. Made a dark gray bruise-looking birthmark on my arm almost completely disappear (when I've had to go without aloe or skimp on my arms, it has reappeared).
2. Deeply clarified the sun-beaten freckled skin on my face; I know this because when I have to go for a few days without, my complexion starts looking a little mottled and cloudy.
3. This is going to sound nuts, but it has made many weird little sun-triggered things that dermatologists are always bugged about, disappear. Yes. Gone. Not all of them -- there's one I'm dealing with now that will require my dermatologist's assessment. But ... I'm a fair-skinned person in the sun quite a lot. Aloe is a miracle in my world.
Cut off an aloe leaf or part of a leaf, cut it down the middle length-wise, and scrape out the gel with a knife. Apply gel to skin.