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Elvin Ng was, however, glad to have found another, more direct and effective solution: localised steroid injections on each spot to bring down inflammation and reduce scarring, as the steroid creams couldn’t get through anymore due to the bite wounds forming scabs.<\/p>\n
“I’m probably highly allergic to sandfly bites (my first time getting them) and they became really inflamed and unbearable,” he added.<\/p>\n
Ng shared that he was only at his usual suntanning spot at one of the Sentosa beaches, which he later revealed to 8days.sg as Tanjong Beach, like many times before.<\/p>\n
“But this time I was unfortunate. I learnt after that it is by the water between the wet and dry areas, which are most likely to have sandflies and they can’t even be seen by the naked eye,” he shared.<\/p>\n
The actor also learnt that we should always spray repellent whenever we go to the beach, even if it’s to suntan or bask in the water.<\/p>\n
“Hopefully this helps, and you won’t need to go through the same kind of crazy itchiness (scratching till they bleed) I’ve been tolerating for months, and you can do better to protect yourself from this ‘common enemy’,” gushed Ng.<\/p>\n