Tanning while on Rebif anyone???

[heather122]

I am headed to mexico in 3 weeks. I wanted to get a little color before we go. I have been to the tanning bed 3 times for only a few minutes each time. Two of my injection sites from last week are red and itchy but not the ones from this week. Has anyone else experienced this?

[phoebe.]

something similar ...

I don't go to a tanning booth, but I did go to the beach last summer. I noticed that my injection sites (that were directly exposed to the sun) did get much redder after I had been in the sun. They didn't hurt or itch. The redness went away after a few days.

I am on Beta, but it sounds like the same reaction.

[roo613]

I found the same thing when I was on Rebif. My sites would turn red if I had been in the sun.

[WendyRochet]

yes

yes,

i did tan last spring and I always covered my injection sites with spf 45 clinique stick first. I would tan in the morning before all the beds had been heated up and in the lowest level beds.

the medicine does make you sensitive to light otherwise i had no problem. i would never go when the beds had been used too long and the business was hot in temp.

this is bad for MS as well.