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Oral lichen Planus: What home remedies or medications help you?

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Sep 8 7:53am | Replies (310)
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@gracie3 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect! We're glad you found your way here. Seems like your self-treatment works. And this is your first bad flare-up? What made you think of using aloe vera?
May I ask how you found Mayo Connect?

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gracie3 | @gracie3 | Feb 27 7:14pm

Thanks for the welcome!

This flare-up is certainly not as bad as it could be but the burning sensation has been persistent for several weeks now and has not immediately responded to clobetasol. Previously, I never needed more than a bedtime application for 2-3 days and am very leery of over usage.
Not sure exactly what made me think of aloe vera but possibly that it is a soothing topical treatment for sunburn. I had a distilled version on hand so I tried swishing and spitting several times before bed and it seemed to help a little. So I started trying to find out if anyone else had tried aloe vera and did find an NIH link which may not be shared on this forum.

There are several other sites that mention using the GEL form the same way (swish and spit) so I will proceed.

Has anyone had luck finding toothpaste, possibly with aloe, that does not also contain triggers like mint, citrus or cinnamon?

Thanks again for this group and its support.

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