# This will be a fun month **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 20, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-will-be-a-fun-month/453545 "2008-06-20T03:00:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-will-be-a-fun-month/453545/1 "2008-06-20T03:00:23Z")
I start the Efudix treatment on my arms today. I have already had this on the face and it was not the most pleasant experience (picture [here](http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2425430170098000304CDywIe)) I am so looking forward to a month indoors doing nothing. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-will-be-a-fun-month/453545/2 "2008-06-20T03:23:10Z")
Yikes, that doesn’t look like fun! Good luck. I hope it isn’t as painful as it looks. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-will-be-a-fun-month/453545/3 "2008-06-20T03:30:42Z")
Actually, I had heard all these horrible stories of people needing sedatives etc as the itching got to them. I never found it was that bad, although I did scare small children when I went out. But I do that anyway. I drank my way through it. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-will-be-a-fun-month/453545/4 "2008-06-20T15:20:40Z")
My husband had to use something like that (could have been the same thing, I don’t remember) on his nose. It made him all peel-y like he had a sunburn. It worked on his nose, but not on the lesion on his temple. I guess they’ll have to take that off. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-will-be-a-fun-month/453545/5 "2008-06-20T15:34:34Z")
Have no idea what Efudix is, and your link doesn’t work for me, but I’m sending supporting thoughts your way! Hope it goes smoothly for you. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-will-be-a-fun-month/453545/6 "2008-06-20T15:55:30Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] Have no idea what Efudix is, and your link doesn’t work for me, but I’m sending supporting thoughts your way! Hope it goes smoothly for you. [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > Actinic Keratoses (AKs) > > A skin disease also known as solar keratoses. These lesions are the result of years of unprotected exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays. Although you may have been extra careful about sun protection in the recent past, if you spend time in the sun when you were younger, you have put yourself at risk for developing AKs. Many adults have AKs, so rest assured that you are not alone. Ouch. Best of luck, and don’t scare the kiddies! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-will-be-a-fun-month/453545/7 "2008-06-20T17:46:06Z")
Your link doesn’t work =/ ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-will-be-a-fun-month/453545/8 "2008-06-20T18:31:21Z")
Maybe it was stalked… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-will-be-a-fun-month/453545/9 "2008-06-20T21:45:26Z")
That’s so funny, I never heard of this medicine before and just this morning my friend told me her dad is on it and his forehead itches like crazy. Now I assume I’ll hear about it three more times in rapid succession. Good luck!