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Grover's Disease: What works to help find relief?

Skin Health | Last Active: Mar 17 1:04pm | Replies (1921)

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I would appreciate your history like others will, we find strength and learn from each other.
Our history is similar in that until middle age I only had seasonal allergies, severe at times. Now like you I have ACD as well as GD and surprisingly my seasonal allergies are minimal, as if I have outgrown them. I hope your initial breakout period will be coming to an end, as I mentioned mine was for one full year.
I also am wonder if cilantro benefited me and others because we were not in our initial breakout period, but were dealing with our sequential breakout when we started using it. So if cilantro isn't helping you now and you go into remission for months and then GD does it's typical cyclical return you should try the cilantro again.
You also mentioned the time period of 6 months for chemicals and allergens to get out of our systems. I found that especially true with allergic fibers and chemicals, especially the rubber allergy. My foot pads burned for at least 6 months after all allergic contacts were eliminated. Partly because I I didn't think about the rubber residue on allergen free flooring based upon contamination from the soles of shoes and I would walk barefoot on these floors. I am extremely careful, yet if I find myself in a situation I wasn't prepared to protect myself from, for example a doctor's office with blended fiber chairs that contain MBT (my rubber allergy) and my chemical allergies to wrinkle free, scotch guard or fire retardant materials I find I can sit in these chairs without noticing itching. Befoer in 10 minutes I would start itching. I'm not saying these are not off gassing into me or not transferring though my skin, just that it's not immediately noticeable. I still avoid though. My last Patch Test showed a reaction but milder to MBT and to certain adhesives which are in the fabric protectors. My inflammation is down in my body and less reactive because of all my avoidances.

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I seem to always be looking out for research on skin health for GD and other forms of AD. My GD started on areas of sun damaged skin. I have recently found the following studies on the topics of skin integrity, diet, supplements and normal pH. I thought I'd share several with all of you. Two new things I am doing these days are: using Grandpa's Pine Tar Soap, and bathing (very little water and not for long) in water with apple cider vinegar added to bring water to a pH of 5. Both these things have reduced itch. I am also taking Omega 3 supplement in the form of Barlean's - a liquid as I cannot swallow pills. I have also been taking high molecular weight hyaluronic acid 100 mg, collagen, histidine 1 gm, lysine 1 gm, vitamin D 2000 iu, a small multi vitamin and vitamin B12 (I am a pescatarian.) I still use clove oil on spots that occur here and there. (If you think you are beset with mites, clove oil kills mites, kills the itch, and in my case, makes the bumps disappear - but don't let near your face or other sensitive areas.)

DP3, characterized by a high intake of potatoes and starch, seeds and nuts, fruits and eggs, was positively associated with acidic skin pH only before adjusting for potential confounders.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6471406/

Natural skin pH is below 5
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18489300/

DIET AND SKIN BARRIER: THE ROLE OF DIETARY INTERVENTIONS ON SKIN BARRIER FUNCTION
https://www.dpcj.org/index.php/dpc/article/view/dermatol-pract-concept-articleid-dp1101a132

Correlation of clinical features and skin barrier function in adolescent and adult patients with atopic dermatitis
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16796631/