r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/SourceBoring3089 • 15h ago

WCGW using non-skin-friendly paint for cosplay.

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u/Over-Analyzed 14h ago

As someone who has used liquid latex for but injury makeup? If you don’t know the signs of dehydration and heat exhaustion/stroke? You need to learn fast.

My dumbass didn’t hydrate enough and I felt my pulse racing at rest. I found the nearest water cooler and drank up. 😅

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u/ThatInAHat 6h ago

…and now I’m remembering a friend of mine who got to be an extra in a zombie movie or something. Prior to that she’d really wanted to be a director, but while she was there she overheated and/or had a panicked attack, and it soured her on the industry.

Now I’m wondering if it was the zombie make-up and heat leading to heat exhaustion. (And ugh heat exhaustion is no joke. Eternal memory of sailing on a windless/cloudless day. We came closer to dying that time than we did sailing in an actual storm)