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

Posted by 43219876x @43219876x, Sep 23, 2016

I have been diagnosed with Grover's disease under my breasts. I had a biopsy for diagnosis. Tried topical ointment with no really good results. Any ideas?

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skinonfire | @skinonfire | 4 days ago
In reply to @grovercleveland "ZINC OXIDE BLOCKS UVA UVB INFARED Example: I have a propane radiant heater (propane 40 pound..." + (show)
@grovercleveland

ZINC OXIDE BLOCKS UVA UVB INFARED
Example: I have a propane radiant heater (propane 40 pound contained with heater screwed on top.
7 feet away my bare skin feels the heat from INFARED radiation. No hot air, just the INFARED waves. Bad for us.
The SUN emits all three. A fire emits INFARED.
Therefore the ZINC OXIDE protects the GROVERS from all three.
Most sun screens people uise normally DO NOT block the heat.
See: https://www.warrentondermatology.com/blog/infrared-rays-what-your-sunscreen-may-be-missing.

More: Heat Stuff:
I'm buying an all cotton mattress.
Those "memory foams" are murder on us guys. My back temperature is is 95F as I sit here typing, and I can tell that it wants to itch. . The memory foam puts it up a lot.

The following will cool my back;
I am working on a sleeping invention for us guys. Going to use air mattress as mattress top.
Pin holes in the air mattress at my trunk area only will leak little jets air at room temperature. A tiny low pressure compressor will run the air through a tiny "radiator" to cool it. You can put on the AC cold air output. This is getting better as I write. I do my best invention designs, when I explain them to people. A plus is ..... You can take it when you travel and use it on top of hotel bed. Whoa! Freedom!

I Love doing this stuff. Been an engineer (software, computer circuits) as a consultant for 35 years. Now retired 8 years and have a workshop with Lathe, Brake, Band Saw, Welders: Gas, Stick, Mig, and others. Dozens of AIR tools, hand tools. It would take days to move my shop to another property. So I gotta stay here. Started early (12 years old - build a gocart with lawnmower motor. At 16 put a 331 Chrysler Hemi in a 50 Ford.
So if you folks want chat about things other than Grovers, that would be fun.

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My back and stomach and ribcage BURN like someone lit my skin on a skillet and put it back on my body. Being near a hot oven or in the sun kills me and others can feel my skin is hot to the touch. The derms all say this is NOT from the Grover’s yet I only burn where the Grover’s rash is. Please tell me more about your hot skin.

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italiangrover | @italiangrover | 4 days ago

jfrbadger, 20 years! My goodness! I'm complaining of my two and a half years...
Torso and neck with redness, burning, itching and stinging (twice a day Eucerin Atopi Control cream); on my arms and thighs isolated red itchy spots come out every now and then, lasting less than a week (meanwhile other new ones get ready...). For the isolated spots I get some hours of relief only with Clobesol cream, using it only when I really can't stand.
I'm on my thirteenth week of Tralokinumab (two injections every fifteen days), and still fighting.
Good luck!

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lura | @lura | 2 days ago

Does having GD make it more likely I will get skin cancer?

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elderly1 | @elderly1 | 2 days ago

Just from my personal experience--- skin cancer came years before GD.

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bjwilliams | @bjwilliams | 11 hours ago
In reply to @jtboston "Dermatology finally agreed that yes this does appear to be Grover’s and wants to try Dupixent..." + (show)
@jtboston

Dermatology finally agreed that yes this does appear to be Grover’s and wants to try Dupixent has anyone had success with this?

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I have been on Dupixent for Grover’s Disease for a year and a half with complete relief. At the beginning of the second year I moved two once-a-month injections and still am experiencing complete relief. The only side effect I have had is dry, itchy eyes, which are treatable with Systane eye drops.

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