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4 days ago I broke out in hives (or what I’m pretty sure are hives) on my face, neck, ears, chest & upper back. I figured this was from a new shampoo I tried so I just switched shampoos and hoped it would go away. I wasn’t concerned about the hives but now the past 2 days...

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