Hi. Had my first bout with Grovers. I’m at the 6 month point. It’s winding down. In like a lion out like a lamb. I am taking vitamins B,c,d & E. I also shower with tincture of green soap. 3months now on minicycline (3 more weeks for antibiotic) Sarna cream and cetaphil have saved the day. No longer need steroid creams or antihistamines for itch. I cannot take the cilantro/ Chlorella because I have a blood clotting factor and both have vitamin K and can thicken the blood.. (So if anybody is on a blood thinner it could comprise their dosage). I sure do wish I could try the smoothies though. Just a few small spots on chest now. Spent last Sunday at a nascar race and feared a bloom from being in the sun all day, Nothing! Is this remission time or did I nip this disease in the bud. Who knows but for now I’m continuing the vitamins and creams. Staying cool in cotton.

Metals- Heavy metal build up could have contributed to me acquiring GD, although if you read the New Zealand Derm site list of commonalities for GD, out of the 5 (metals never listed) I had 4. The fifth is that this is predominantly a males disease. I had recent blood testing for metal allergies concerning a possible knee replacement. I tested positive to 5 metals, so there is not a knee replacement with metal parts that my body wouldn't reject.
My True Test 5 Day Patch Test panel showed zero allergies to metals, yet my orthopedist said the blood test is more accurate. I can see the reaction I have to nickle because in the past wore cheap metals in jewelry containing nickle. That showed up in the blood test but not on the patch test, strange.
I had these blood and patch tests 2 months after I began the cilantro treatment. I don't know of others who have had this blood test for metals that have GD, so a metal allergy may not be related even though cilantro is a know heavy metal detox, could be something else in it, the vitamin K?
Healing time- I was only 1 month into new break out when I learned about cilantro from Kimass1. In a week I could see new papules weren't developing, stalling and the itching wasn't progressing. A first. Then it simply smoldered for weeks. It took over 2 months for scabs to begin to loosen, but by then no itching and never was painful. Pain being my normally worst symptom. Now 4 months later I still have a few scabs on the lower back that simply hang on. I can wash them off in shower but they will scab over again. Yet zero itching or pain and the constant feeling of a sunburned torso left after being on cilantro for a month. You may have nipped your breakout in the bud like I did. Even the little under the skin bumps that have always been with me even when dormant because of the cellular structure changes due to GD are hardly noticeable, still there but the size is teeny tiny.