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So as of this week, summer is officially here. Naturally, with the sunshine and good times there usually comes an accompaniment of refreshing citrusy margaritas. This summer you’ll see margarita fans poolside, at the beach, at Mexican restaurants, and on my back deck. There aren’t really any bad places to enjoy a margarita besides an AA meeting. Margarita lovers beware though- according to news reports, some places may be safer than others…
I’m issuing an important PSA for anyone living the #MargLife this summer. There has been an epidemic of so called “Margarita Burns” in recent years.
Margarita drinkers have been the victims of blisters and burns because of “phytophotodermatitis,” also known as “Margarita Burn” or “Margarita Dermatitis.” Phytophotodermatitis occurs when Psoralen, a naturally occurring chemical found in all citrus fruit reacts with sunlight causing a chemical burn. Essentially, it cooks your skin like a ceviche, which ironically, would be great with a margarita and uses limes as well.
To explain it in scientific terms, check out this page from The US National Library of Medicine
Lime juice contains furocoumarin, a lipid-soluble 8-methoxypsoralen. After sunbathing (a potent source of UVA), the 8-methoxypsoralen covalently binds to keratinocyte DNA (forming cyclobutane dimers), producing irreversibly damaged DNA
Be safe, fam..
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PostGradShibby
Same old Shibbster. Founder of #MargLife and the blumpkin beer craze. ShibbyTFM@Gmail.com
@DrShibby
DOOOOOOONNNN’T CAAAAAAAAARRREEE #MargLife
Just keep L-I-V-I-N it, man.
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No you’re not, you dirty liar.
But are you living the #MargLife? Yeah, I didn’t think so.
Where the hell is IT when you need em?
Are people rubbing margaritas on their skin? Anyone who spills a margarita on themselves has committed a party foul and should be dealt with accordingly.
If you get injured simply from drinking citrus, you probably deserved it.
I think Chuck Darwin would agree with you
*Pours one out for Chucky D*
I thought the danger was going to be an empty margarita pitcher. Now that would be really terrifying.
Considering I’m already drinking tequila, which is literally a poisonous hydrocarbon, I’m not going to let some chicks who can’t stop splashing their own drinks on themselves stop me from living the #marglife
Reason number 1 why I pro global warming. Mother Earth (huge bitch) is trying to murder us, She deserves it
Getting citrus juice on my skin means I’m wasting precious marg, and that simply ain’t happenin.
As if crazy ivans were bad enough
The only hidden danger is this post-2for1 hangover I’m fighting right now.
The Mexican Cartel has poisoned their competition’s supply to punish us for buying the wrong drug. At least their not dissolving our family members in barrels of margaritas yet.
Cocaine and tequila are not substitute goods, they’re complementary goods. #Economics
Tell the Sinaloa that. I’m not a Paleontologist.
I’m going to have to off myself in a barrel of acid for that typo now. God dammit.