[lists] RE:CRYSS Re: Either a wart or a tag

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Here is a link to a site with photos of any kind of skin disorder you

can imagine, you can probably find what you are looking for there:

http://www.dermnet.com/menuCasePhotos.html

Be warned; some are graphic. Donna

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> Jackie, thanks for the info on skin tags. It doesn't quite tell me

> exactly what they look like. I'll have to Google it and see if I

> can find any pictures.

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> I'm very interested, because my husband has a huge cyst on his back,

> which I know is different from a " skin tag. " But perhaps VCO, or

> some other oil, can help shrink it, so we don't have to have it

> removed by surgery.

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> I'm also interested, because I have small, hard " bumps " on my legs

> that sound like what you're describing.

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> Unfortunately, I also have cellulitis on my legs, from my diabetes.

> Some of those bumps are soft, and you can tell there's fluid under

> it, when you touch it, just like a blister.

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> Some of the " bumps " are not hard and not " fluid-filled. " They are

> just a small, raised, discolored " bump. "

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> Do you think those could be " skin tags? "

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> If so, would VCO help make them go away? Or incense? Or some

> other essential oil?

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> That would be wonderful, if so.

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> I recently had one of the " fluid-filled " ones " pop, " just like a

> blister, and left a large " open wound " on my leg. So I kept a

> bandage on it, particularly at night, when I was sleeping, to

> protect it. It barely covered the whole thing.

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> I applied " MelaGel " on it, which is made by Melaleuca, from " tea

> tree oil. " And I applied some VCO to it for a couple of days.

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> It started looking real ugly, and like it might be infected. So my

> doctor, when I showed it to him, gave me an antibiotic to take,

> which I finally finished the last one, today. Yay! I am SO glad to

> be done with them. I had to take 4 a day! That was " fun " to try to

> remember and " squeeze " them all in.

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> So it finally formed a scab over the whole area, and I kept applying

> the MelaGel (tea tree oil).

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> Well, that scab finally came off on its own just a couple days ago.

> And the skin underneath is so SMOOTH and SOFT. It had been rough

> before. So that was a VERY pleasant surprise. I love the way it

> feels, now.

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> But I don't know if that's because of the VCO, which I only applied

> for a couple of days. I stopped doing it when the spot started

> looking infected. I thought maybe the VCO was irritating it, rather

> than helping it.

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> But I continued to use the MelaGel, because I had read that tea tree

> oil was a great antimicrobial. And Melaleuca says their MelaGel is

> good for healing sores and such. Well, it worked great for me.

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> So, should I try putting VCO or some other oil on the other " bumps "

> on my legs, to see if it will shrink them and make them vanish?

> That would be SO wonderful. My legs look so awful with these bumps.

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> Anyone have any ideas or recommendations?

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