Re: Lyme and hyperpigmentation, slow wound healing

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Hi Deanna,

Since having lyme I have noticed hyperpigmentation of my face and

other wierd skin problems. Periodically, I have intense itching on

my face, arms and legs. The hyperpigmented places come up as light

brown spots about the size of a pencil eraser or a dime on my face

and darken, then fade. I was also diagnosed with rosasea and the

dermatologist said the brown places were sehboretic keratosis. Some

of the places get scaly and then dry up to nothing but a spot.

Eventually they fade a little. I also had one biopsied and this was

the diagnosis, but of course they weren't looking to culture it for

lyme. It healed up with no problems.

Being the vain person I am, I had the spots lasered off two years

ago and voila they came right back in new places. This is the only

treatment I am aware of for hyperpigmentation. I suppose you could

use facial cream that bleaches the skin?

Let me know what you find out. Thanks, cooky

>

> Hello all,

>

> Four (or was it five?) years ago I woke up with 6 red raised areas

on my

> ankle that looked just the way my dog's skin looked the day after

a tick had

> been removed.

>

> It took months for the sores to heal. I'd never had a problem

with wounds

> healing before that. And right after that I suddenly started

getting those

> brown " liver " spots all over my hands and arms -- anywhere that

sun had

> shown on my body. Then any little sore or nick took many months

to heal and

> developed a big area of hyperpigmentation where the wound had been.

>

> A couple of doctors said the slow healing is the sort of thing

that happens

> with diabetes, but I don't have diabetes.

>

> Before that I had pretty decent skin with normal or quick wound

healing.

>

> More recently I was diagnosed with rosacea.

>

> Now I have a new event where I'd like to get people's opinions or

similar

> experiences with this sort of thing.

>

> For many years I've had a small dark " beauty mark " on my

forehead. Within

> the last year it spread in area. The dermatologist helping me

with the

> rosacea took a biopsy of it today....and put in a stitch.

>

> My concern is to get this stitched area to heal without the

creation of an

> ugly blackish-brown hyperpigmentation area on my face. Does

anyone have any

> ideas? I don't think I should be putting anything on the incision

until it

> closes.

>

> And I probably should put a call into the doctor to ask his

opinion.

>

> Once I read about hyperpigmentation and it seems to be an

autoimmune thing.

> When I mentioned it in passing to my LLMD, he seemed to think it

had to do

> with needing more antioxidants.

>

> Has anyone else had this overall sort of skin disaster occur with

Lyme? I'm

> sure it's connected with Lyme and not signs of aging. It was a

sudden and

> widespread when it occured.

>

> Thanks and be well.

> Deanna

>