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Grover's Disease: What works to help find relief?
Skin Health | Last Active: Mar 17 1:04pm | Replies (1921)Comment receiving replies
I definitely agree with the sweating as a trigger. I have learned that when I do sweat if possible to quickly clean, rinse with cool water, pat dry and moisturize. It’s weird because sometimes I have sweated and then could not clean up after and no problem. I just never know exactly how my skin is going to react. Internally and externally. Sometimes when I know I’m going to sweat I’ll apply gold bond powder beforehand not my favorite but sometimes helps. Some people use creams with zinc oxide as a moisture barrier but I have found they are thick and hard to clean off and I don’t like to scrub my sensitive skin. I’m in California so sweating is an issue. Can’t wait til it cools off here. Although, Grover’s still exist for me even in cooler weather 😡
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hope4cure- Like you I truly didn't have a correlation with temperature as to when I would get a GD recurrence. With GD the collagen connecting our skin cells is compromised and our skin doesn't work at being a barrier. Sweat stings when GD is active so if broken out in the summer we are even more miserable. We know sweat hurts us when active and it makes sense to avoid it. Even when GD is inactive, our skin is still compromised and not heathy like it used to be and I try to avoid the hottest times of the day if I have a choice and like most of us shower immediately after sweating. I do like what one blogger recommended, splashing with Witch Hazel on the areas we get GD. I am clear now but still splash on WH all over front and back torso after a light toweling off after the shower. If broken out it does sting, but now it feels refreshing. It is anti-bacterial and inexpensive. Good that I bought many bottles before covid. I noticed the WM shelves are empty of WH, perhaps it is used in hand sanitizer or the manufacturer is shut down.