Re: Hi new here, want to introduce myself - Lugol's for skin issues

[Guest guest]

I'm painting Lugol's on my nose periodically to clear up

residue/swelling from repeat bouts of cellulitis.

In the past 2 years or so, I've had cellulitis on the left side of my

nose 6 times. Several times I went to regular doctors & they

prescribed systemic antibiotics (yuk), occasionally topical anti-

biotics. I was able to get a couple of the bouts under control

without going to the doctor by using warm soaks with Epson salts. One

flared up so quickly & strongly it started to spread up to my eye & I

went to the emergency clinic.

My nose has never looked quite right since this started. It tends to

be red on the tip, with increased abnormal reddening in the heat,

cold or minor sun exposures. It also had residual mild swelling that

would never quite go away, making the skin sort of shiny. My MIL

noticed it. When I asked my old GP about it, he blew me off

with " you're fine " . The inner cartilage/structure inside my nose is

more swollen on the left than the right. Whether it's from scarring

or residual " stuff " that never quite clears up, I don't know.

During my last bout a couple of months ago, I decided to paint it

with Lugol's & see what happens. It stung. I also applied a bit of

anti-bacterial cream that I had left from last time. I painted the

Lugol's for 3 days in a row. On the last day, it stung like h*ll! I

stopped after that.

As it healed, a couple of layers of skin peeled off. I never had that

happen before. I suspect that it was from the Lugol's irritating the

inflamed skin. But this time when it healed, it had much less

residual swelling. The structure of my nose/nostrils is much more

normal & firm. It used to be sort of squishy. You can see the dimples

above my nostrils now. They were filled in before. My NP noticed it

right away on my last visit, before I told her I'd had a bout & used

the iodine. My MIL noticed my nose looked better too.

I still get the redness (but it's less) & have the interior residual

swelling. I'm painting it every couple of days to see what happens.

I'm not painting every day, so I can avoid overly irritating it.

I'm thinking of painting the inside too, but I don't know if that

will be too strong. I picked up a netti pot & thought I might do a

nasal rinse with a bit of iodine instead. Haven't tried it yet

though.

My NP also suggested using a paste of powdered goldenseal & witch

hazel as an anti-bacterial & for its drawing effects. I've done that

a couple of times. I think that's helping too. I'll probably swap off

between the two to keep down irritation from repeated painting.

I'm pretty sure the failure in the last couple of years to

permanently kick this cellulitis is due to my impaired immune

function from my thyroid/adrenal issues. Hopefully my immune system

will get back on track now that I'm on thyroid meds/adrenal support.

currently sporting a bright orange nose

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>I wonder if anyone here has used it for skin issues of any kind;

such as lesions, surgical incisions, keratoses, dark age spots,

etc., and what the outcome was?

[Guest guest]

your diagnosed " cellulitis " sounds suspiciously like the problem I had

from long-term untreated hypo...with fluid/mucin built up in in the

tissue along the sides of my nose, both on the outside and inside. So

much fluid/mucin/cellular debris (myxedema) that it had to come " out "

through the skin as I healed from hypothyroidism. A little retin-A

hurried the job along for me. Hydrocortisone ointment also has helped

me with some of these areas...having a drawing effect.

cindi

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> I'm painting Lugol's on my nose periodically to clear up

> residue/swelling from repeat bouts of cellulitis.

[Guest guest]

Let's put it this way...

A dab of Retin-A (or Renova) is the only thing that I know for a surety

that can draw out 15 plus years of accumulated hypothyroidism

mucin/cellular debris from the skin in a relatively short amount of

time (2 weeks or less for an area). so for that application, yes...I'd

use it again. for anything else, no.

cindi

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> Cindi, being better educated these days, would you still take the

Retin-A

> after reading the side effects, and knowing it's helpfulness has a

lot to do

> with being related to Vitamin A? Or would you simply use Vitamin A

and

> other options?

[Guest guest]

Yes, exactly. What proportions of water, salt & Lugol's do you use for

yours?

> I trust by that you mean a drop or two of Lugol's in your salt

water? I do that for nasal rinsing. You certainly don't want to use

too much Lugol's, that could really hurt.

> Skipper

> >From: " jtb14789 " <jtb14789@...>

> >I'm thinking of painting the inside too, but I don't know if that

> >will be too strong. I picked up a netti pot & thought I might do a

> >nasal rinse with a bit of iodine instead. Haven't tried it yet

> >though.

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