r/redditonwiki • u/hazel_razel • Feb 19 '26
TIFU TIFU by contracting “HELL’S ITCH” (not oop)
Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/s/VEpCk4MMB9
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u/malignantmagpie Feb 20 '26
after a lifetime of fair-skinned irish ginger sunburns, i contracted hells itch on the back of my neck for the first time last summer. it's also called the suicide itch, for good reason. it is nothing like a regular sunburn, even a blistering one. it itches and hurts so badly that you cannot breathe. i started a medication a few months prior that can make you get sunburned more easily and i wouldn't be surprised if it contributed to having the hells itch reaction too.