OT: skin atropy due to excessive cortisteroid cream for eczema

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I've been using corti-steroid cream for years for eczema & for this year

I started to use higher concentration ones (about 5%) & the doctor said

I have skin atropy & the skin is irreparable.

Is there anything I can do besides skin graft (ie replacing the skin in that

area using sort of plastic surgery)?

What care/supplements I should take to prevent further aggravating it.

I've just ordered Psorzema cream to replace the steroid cream but I'm

not sure if Psorzema (supposedly all natural ingredients) will make it

worse

Thanks

G

[Guest guest]

My dtr had eczema since she was an infant, for us it went away when

she went dairy free. I am sorry I cannot help much with what to do

with the atrophy part.

>

> Hi,

>

> I've been using corti-steroid cream for years for eczema & for

this year

> I started to use higher concentration ones (about 5%) & the doctor

said

> I have skin atropy & the skin is irreparable.

>

> Is there anything I can do besides skin graft (ie replacing the

skin in that

> area using sort of plastic surgery)?

>

> What care/supplements I should take to prevent further aggravating

it.

>

> I've just ordered Psorzema cream to replace the steroid cream but

I'm

> not sure if Psorzema (supposedly all natural ingredients) will

make it

> worse

>

>

> Thanks

> G

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

G, I'm so sorry to hear about this. I have had eczema for a long

time, and have had some success keeping it in remission using

homeopathy and a very simple salve made of virgin coconut oil and

tea tree oil (1 cup coconut oil and 1 teaspoon tea tree oil, mixed -

you could also try 1 cup virgin coconut oil with 10 drops lavender

essential oil). I've been afraid of the steroid creams for a long

time b/c of stories like yours (and really, they didn't help me that

much either).

I think Jan is right, there is usually some dietary component to

this. Have you investigated food intolerances/allergies for

yourself? The salve I use is actually for fungal infections, so I

think my eczema is primarily yeast related.

Is there a good homeopath nearby that could maybe take a look at

your skin? Perhaps topically applied vitamin E might help. You

could make sure your intake of Omega 3's is high, too.

I wish I could help you more than this. I don't know much about

skin atrophy. I sure hope you can find the help and relief you

need.

best wishes

Rene

>

> Hi,

>

> I've been using corti-steroid cream for years for eczema & for

this year

> I started to use higher concentration ones (about 5%) & the doctor

said

> I have skin atropy & the skin is irreparable.

[Guest guest]

doctor said I have skin atropy & the skin is

irreparable.

>

> Is there anything I can do besides skin graft (ie

> replacing the skin in that

> area using sort of plastic surgery)?

>

> What care/supplements I should take to prevent

> further aggravating it.

> Thanks

> G

you might try Emprizone gel, from

Manatech(www.mannatech.com). It has glyconutrients in

it, and I've heard good reports of how well it works

for skin problems. We have used it to for sunburns

and minor skin infections, and have been impressed

with the results.

BTW, it is interesting that some of the research from

Mannatech on glyconutrients is indicating that g. help

the body produce its own stem cells, and unexpected

things are happening, like nerve tissue regrowing.

(something not supposed to be possible)

Margaret

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[Guest guest]

I've used eczema rescue and that works well. vicky

--- gol sun <golsun@...> wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I've been using corti-steroid cream for years for

> eczema & for this year

> I started to use higher concentration ones (about

> 5%) & the doctor said

> I have skin atropy & the skin is irreparable.

>

> Is there anything I can do besides skin graft (ie

> replacing the skin in that

> area using sort of plastic surgery)?

>

> What care/supplements I should take to prevent

> further aggravating it.

>

> I've just ordered Psorzema cream to replace the

> steroid cream but I'm

> not sure if Psorzema (supposedly all natural

> ingredients) will make it

> worse

>

>

> Thanks

> G

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi All,

Thanks very much for your inputs - I've actually taken an allergy test done

by

one medical professor here : he injected some 30 liquefied pure food

items (these

are the foods I commonly eat) into the skin & measure the swelling minutes

later.

He found that I'm allergic to the items :

- wheat

- garlic/onion

- malt (I guess this must be gluten just like wheat)

- chilly

- chocolate

Thus I abstain from these foods for a year (not quite able to avoid garlic

fully -

I only took some cooked garlic as fresh garlic/chilly will trigger a throat

infection

within hours) but that did not help with my eczema.

I've also taken 2000mg of evening primrose oil daily & lately with salmon

oil

added - it helped a little but not good enough to give me a peaceful sleep

at

night. A multi-vit appeared to help more but there's still disruptions to

sleep.

What I found helped was to apply emolients to affected area before washing

the area/take a shower. Also I have to avoid all cleanser - not even

cleansers

like esemtam & paraffin oil (that's meant for sensitive skin) should be used

&

the shower/cleaning with water should be kept to less than 10 minutes - this

helped a lot more but did not quite cleaned my skin thoroughly & thus

resulted

in occasional skin infection outbreaks which requires antibiotics. Thus I

still

have to revert back to cleansers once in a while but this will aggravate the

eczema severely & thus the tendency for me to go back to cortisteroids.

During stressful times, the eczema got worse & to get a good sleep, I

resorted

to higher strength corti-steroids (the 5% ones) & probably due to stress at

work this year, I got tempted to use it frequently & thus skin atrophy

resulted.

Not even oral anti-histamines helped with sleep during those nights when the

eczema/irritation/itch is severe, only the 5% steroid cream give true

reliefs.

I'll probably get a bottle of Emprizone gel to see how it goes.

Thanks

G