Guest guest Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 How long does it take for the dark purple/red scars to fade once the nodules are gone? I had my first flare up this summer...it began near the end of July. The last new nodule emerged around mid-September but I still have these horrible marks on my shins that I am beginning to think will never go away. Is anyone aware of anything I can do to help them fade or do they eventually go on their own? I am happy to have found this group as I had never heard of this before I had these nodules come up. I did a lot of research and have narrowed it down to EN but have not had any success getting a formal diagnosis yet. Doctors have told me it looked like bug bites (Not...especially since at that point I had had the same nodules for a month with occasional new ones popping up), eczema (didn't respond to cortisone lotion), heat rash, poison ivy, etc. For now, I seem to be ending this flare up and hope it is a long, long time before another one, if ever! And I would agree that there is likely a hormonal piece to this as I am peri-menopausal. After my second child was born, I didn't have EN but I did have very, very itchy lower legs which eventually stopped on its own after many months. I have since had flare ups of that but for shorter periods of time that I can link to hormone flux. I wonder if the itchy lower legs is related in some way to the full fledge EN nodules but just a different variant. Thanks, Jodi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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