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What is Grover's disease of the skin?

Skin Health | Last Active: Jan 15 9:36pm | Replies (165)
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@jorja48

Thank you for your response!

My dermatologist threw her hands up with my rash. She said she didn’t know what it was but she knew it wasn’t rosacea. I’ve thought it was an immune response by have no idea if I’ll ever get a diagnosis.

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bjwilliams | @bjwilliams | Jul 9, 2023

Did your dermatologist do a biopsy?

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billjim651 | @billjim651 | Jul 9, 2023

Biopsy is absolutely necessary to determine the cause.

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shawnmarie | @shawnmarie | Jul 12, 2023

I feel your frustration. I have had Grover’s disease for at least 20 years. It used to come and go but for the past few years it’s present all the time. I have asked several dermatologists what it is over the years, and they all shrugged their shoulders. I was pleading for a biopsy from my last dermatologist and he wouldn’t do it. I finally found one who would, after she initially diagnosed dermatitis herpetiformis based on a visual examination and told me to get off of gluten. Three months gluten-free and I still have the rash. I asked if she could please biopsy and she did. I still have my stitches, and now I have an official diagnosis of GD. You need to get that biopsy.

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