keratosis
"47 yr. old male with light skin (Irish) here.  Was reluctant to try and put it off for years.  Finally, this summer my doctor talked me into it.  It was rough, no doubt.  The first few days of session one, nothing - then it began.  Cold-like symptoms lasted about a week (sore throat, cough) and face was pretty beat up just as advertised the rest of session one and into the beginning of the two-week off window.  I wore a hat when outside or in public - that helped.  Took about 5 days after session one to go back to normal, but wow!  There was a lot of Actinic Keratosis spots I had no idea I had.  Praise God I did it. 2nd session about the same happened, just not as bad.  All-in-all, it's only a few weeks and is better than denial and death."