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These substances are also used to intentionally make your skin more photosensitive (There are some skin therapies where treatment is applied through UV-light).

Theoretically you can use them to quicken any tanning, but I guess dermatologists are happy that this isn't too widely known.



Before anyone reading this gets the bright idea to retail this as a new & "innovative" beauty product, consider the lawsuit potential from skin damage that will come from using it in an inevitably slapdash manner.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_uses_of_silver#Colloid...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyria

There are entire groups of people that sell colloidal silver as an alternative health remedy even though it turns their skin permanently blue.


Yeah a while back me and a buddy had the bright idea to use fresh markut limes with our beach beers - embarrassing (but hilarious) bright red puffy lips the rest of the weekend, with I assume chemical + sun burn.

I’ll cook with markut in a heartbeat but I’m not messing with the raw juice anymore, that’s for sure.


My guess is that you experienced margarita burn, so not from the lime juice alone but its reaction with UV. As long as you’re not in the sun, probably fine to handle.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytophotodermatitis


This is literally what the article at the top of this thread is about, why are you presenting this information as if it's unrelated? Additionally, OP said it was chemical + sunburn, not lime juice alone.


Oh yeah I’m sure that’s the case - I burn real easy even without the lime juice’s help.




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