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Home » Health » Does your skin look better when you are ill?

Does your skin look better when you are ill?

August 16, 2008 Paris B 13 Comments

I hope I’m not the only one thinking that my skin actually looks better when I’m ill as opposed to when I’m well! Whatever blemishes seem to have lightened and its looking pretty smooth.

I reckon its all those white cells doing their job fighting the bacteria and viruses attacking the body. The side effect of the internal war raging in the body is that all those wonderful white cells are also fighting the bacteria on my skin! 🙂 So I’m enjoying the nice smooth skin of the moment sans healthy glow unfortunately.

The down side to being ill of course is that I’m feeling terribly dehydrated and my lips are dry and peeling 🙁 Time to break out the lip balm and to down gallons of water to stay hydrated. I’m trying to keep a runny nose and a sore throat at bay because I have something big to look forward to next week! eeks! Better get well…

Have a great weekend everyone. I’ll be camped out on my couch watching telly and popping vitamin C. At least I know that Vitamin C will help fight the nasty flu bug.

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  1. dawn says

    August 16, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    yes yes yessssssssssssssssss!!!
    It’s soooo true!!
    When I’m sick, not only my skin looks better; even my HAIR IS 100000xs smoother!!!
    On top of that, I tend to lose weight as well.
    ^~^ So don’t wry.. u’re not the only one.
    Try to maintain ur skin that way!

    p.s. drinks heaps of water babe!

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  2. prettybeautiful says

    August 16, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    get well soon! usually when i am feeling sick, i will pop tonnes of vit c to try not to fall ill. and btw, somehow vit c can’t stop or get rid of my daily flu, regardless the amount of fruits and vege i take…

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  3. Nikki says

    August 16, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    ohhh I haven’t really checked, coz when I’m sick, i’m just sleeping the whole day! so true about the dryness of the lips though..hmm…I am NOT getting sick to see the results..but if ever i did *knocks on wood* i’ll have to look closely 🙂 lol

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  4. Monstro says

    August 16, 2008 at 6:48 pm

    The only time my skin looks better when ill is when I’m on antibiotics! Cos it zaps the zits on my face!
    If not on, I never really noticed my skin looking better when ill…hmmm interesting!
    Sorry to hear you’re under the weather–take good care and have a good rest this weekend!

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  5. jojoba says

    August 16, 2008 at 9:32 pm

    oh…. i am sorry to hear you are sick. drink more fruit juice. i prefer the real fruit juice than the bubbling vitamin C drink. just can’t drink that. and when i am sick, i don’t notice how my skin is…

    get well soon

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  6. rinnah says

    August 16, 2008 at 11:44 pm

    Actually, come to think of it, I don’t notice my skin when I’m sick. But I think you’ve started a trend now, PB!

    Hope you get well soon! *hugs*

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  7. Tine says

    August 17, 2008 at 7:57 am

    Tee hee, I wouldn’t know. I’d be too knackered to notice my skin and hair when I’m sick :p

    Get well soon yeah?

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  8. ParisB says

    August 17, 2008 at 11:49 am

    To All: Thanks everyone! I’m feeling a little better but the sore-ish throat and the chills aren’t going away just yet. Be back soon!

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  9. ~lalala~ says

    August 18, 2008 at 8:27 am

    not in my case tho. whn im sick, high fever especially, pimples decided to show off their biggest asset… hu hu.. 1 time, i had to go on stage to receive an award from the sultan, n i was down wif fever, but i still go anyway, n i haf 4 horrid-anytime-will-burst-pimple!

    anyways, hope u get well soon. n owh btw, thnx again for the tips wif the powder brush. im liking it! 😀

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  10. S-Kay says

    August 19, 2008 at 10:31 am

    My skin is damn nice when I’m sick. Pores smaller, no need to wash also can. LOL =P

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  11. ParisB says

    August 19, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    @S-Kay : Oh I always feel a little grimy when sick 😛

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  12. ¤nOtcUte¤ says

    December 31, 2008 at 2:15 am

    Hmm, I saw this documentary on health, actually Vitamin C helps you when you have flu but to actually get the Vitamin C digested you need to drink loads of water and you must know how much you can take. Another alternative is to drink Hot water with Honey and ginger. It helps ease the sorethroat and Ginger makes you sweat and clear your nose. When I have the flu I just make sure I have fresh air and don’t use tissues coz it’s full of dust. Try not to use fan coz it circulates the dust in the room. You can use aircon but with a big tub of water beside your bed as it helps to hidrate the room or if you have a demister but it’s exp.

    Ok for everyone who is reading this comment, I’m sharing out my secret for lip balms. I use cocoa butter from Palmer’s. Yes the big tub (250gm). I have very very dry chappy lips although my face is so oily. I hardly sleep with aircon on still I use the cocoa butter every night before I sleep. It lasts the whole night provided you did not kiss your pillows 😛 . You must not buy the cocoa butter on a stick coz it contains alcohol and it will sting your lips. The one in the tub does not contain alcohol. Though the other day I saw a new product from Palmer’s in a shape of a squeezy lip balm packaging but still yet to try coz I do not have the time to go to the pharmacy.

    Has anyone tried it? Do share 🙂

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  13. Amelia Richardson says

    January 10, 2020 at 9:33 am

    Me too, I was just hospitalized yesterday for my body being super “dry”. I got a virus, and I’m on a diuretic which causes me to need more water also. So my intestines were so dry they caused severe cramps when moving things, so I couldn’t drink because I kept throwing up. ANYWAY, I had 3 nurses say wow you have the best skin, and I took a pic of my self before and after hydrating and I’m like wtf. I should just get dehydrated more often.

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