LisaK
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my skin has not been good in years- now I know why- these buggers!
Since I am on abx it has gotten worse- it looks like it is old saggy, white , dry and I can see the outline of each segment on there and I have line after line- looks similar to pic in the link below on the left- but mine looks worse.
I don't really wanna try any more creams since I have tried just about everything for years. *note- I am slightly allergic to coconut so I can't take internally.
It started on my legs years ago, went up on my arms, now on my neck and I am seeing a little on my face- call me vain- no offense intended but I don't want to look 80 when I have not earned those lifetime badges yet.
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randibear
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Umm water.
I use prai cosmetics amd they seem to help Also have heard positive things about cocoa butter
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MichaelTampa
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Water was my first reaction to this question as well.
If you didn't have lyme disease going on, that's what I'd be telling you. Maybe you're doing the right amount of water and you need extra, or maybe you're doing all that your body can handle but it is having difficulty using it, ... who knows ...
There have been times that I have had trouble assimilating water, and adding Willard Water helped a lot. I wonder if doing that would help your situation, if you're feeling you're drinking enough. Do you feel thirsty? Do you ever drink some and then walk around and hear the water jiggling around in your stomach as if it is not being assimilated?
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Keebler
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- Water, yes, very important. Fish oil, too.
And liver support
(because the skin is a major organ of detoxification and the liver & kidneys are overwhelmed as they are with any chronic toxic infection so the skin has to take up the slack and lot of stuff we can't really see is being "pushed out" through our skin).
Work from the inside out. -
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Kudzuslipper
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Water is important. but also , sealing in the moisture after a bath or shower... never get out of water without moisturizing! I know that this probably has chemicals in it...But I love Nivea skin firming lotion with Q10. I am also allergic to coconuts and shea butter...so know there is none in there. It's really hard to find a moisturizer without one or the other of those.
any oil internally is good, fish oil , olive oil, and pasture raised organic butter is supposed to be good too. (obviously in moderation)
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My skin looks like that on my lower calves. Awful! I think mine is related to candida/yeast and to Sjogren's.. it makes my body dry.
I drink tons of water, seemingly to no avail.
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Keebler
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- Good point made by Kudzuslipper about moisturizing right after bathing while skin is plumped up. To keep the moisture in but also let the skin breathe, be sure to avoid any products with any petroleum chemicals and additives / dyes.
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My legs have been like this for about 3 yrs now. I started treating for lyme in jan 13, amazingly, after a few months the skin cleared up.
I've been off ABX for a month, the skin mess is coming back! it is so embarrassing that I refuse to wear shorts.
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LisaK
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I drink lots of water, if I drink any more I will explode. I use lotion and in 5 minutes it is dry again. I was looking for an internal suppliment. no creams have worked.
I will see abuot trying what has been suggested above that I have not tried, thanks.
Michaeltampa, yes, sometimes I get slushing sound.
jjourneys like I said I have had this for yrs and yrs. I started abx 5 weeks now and it looks worse.
I always use only natural products and I always moisturize after bathing- if I didn't I would look like a cracked flaking mummy
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Dry skin is on the list for parasites. Google parasite symptoms. Also google skin parasites and visit the PARASITE WARRIORS SUPPORT THREAD.
Gael
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Maybe mine is worse because I ran out of coconut oil 2 wks ago. I just got more.
I'm upping my usage and will see if it gets better.
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Hi Lisa
If you've read some of my posts then you know I'mm the Queen of Rashes. Had dry peeling scaly skin called guttate psoriasis (actually RMSF and lyme), for the last 12 years.
Since abx the rash has gone away...BUT when I had the rash I tried everything.
The best, and please take my word for it, it organic grapeseed oil with a few squirts of natural sheeps lanolin in it, and a few squirts of castor oil (hexane free).
The lanolin is actually absorbed by the skin instantly and repels water for hours.
Internally I found nothing helped me.
Don't waste your money on creams or lotions...safer cheaper and more effective to make the oil and put it on after a bath or shower. Biotin and silica didn't help me. Good luck.
PS. Don't spill the oil in the shower tub or on the floor-you'll have a wipeout. Just squirt some of the mixture in your hand and rub it in your skin.
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TerryK
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When my LLMD saw my dry skin he put me on thyroid meds right away. Dry skin is a common side effect of thyroid issues Ask your doctor to check your thyroid.
I have the wrinkly skin too and my LLMD told me it is damage from lyme. Don't know if that is the case for you.
Terry
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LisaK
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I used lanolin when I was pregos- yes, that might work! thanks Greta!
boy castor oil sure is a good thing. Why don't people use it like they used to?
Lymetoo, I used to use coconut oil before I found out I am allergic. I really liked although it didn't help greatly, it did help more than most creams.
100% Pure makes a nice body cream. It used to work on me up until recently. They make cosmetics all out of fruit - great products!
Parasites- yes, on my list!
I did notice since on (day 5 today) of azithro that I am having tons of skin things going on. I am getting a nightly itch and redness on my chest and clavicle bones. I just remembered how for years I have been getting night sweats with tons of itching on those bones!
So I figure the abx is hitting that area now and killing off those stupid bugs and that is causing a more dramatic action there. ??
It always perplexed me tremendously why I had this rash and sweats there- it was always so strange!
well, one thing this journey sure isn't- BORING!
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"I did notice since on (day 5 today) of azithro that I am having tons of skin things going on. I am getting a nightly itch and redness on my chest and clavicle bones. I just remembered how for years I have been getting night sweats with tons of itching on those bones!"
- That is exactly where I often get a YEAST rash. So heads up, youngin!
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map1131
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I've been doing a ton of research on this, because I have horrible issues on my elbows. How can two small areas of the my body drive my crazy. They do. Painful, itchy, flaking.
What I've found is something called ACA acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans. Yes, caused by lyme disease. ACA known in the medical world as Herx disease.
Research says it comes from the European strain of borellia?????????? What, how would a Euro strain get in Kentucky? Believe me it wasn't from any other place.
Sounds like I'm real lucky that it has stayed contained to my elbows since it came up in '07.
Pam
I've yet to find anything that helps.
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I've heard of other Lyme patients who have this. Is the skin discolored?
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map1131
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It has several red hard nodules under the skin. Then the next stage is itching, painful sensations. Then it goes to scaly, flaking, and swollen.
I've tried steroid cream rx, coconut, essential oils, naturopathic creams. Anything I've tried has to be applied multiply times daily to relieve the need to pick at it.
This phases happen over and over again. It's a never ending cycle. I'm so blessed it's just my elbows. Some of you I'm sure have areas as bad as the pics on the web. OMG!
Pam
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Carol in PA
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Lisa, look up information about "cigarette paper skin."
This is atrophy of the skin, and is related to the Lyme bacteria affecting the collagen.
When I was working in the hospital, I took care of so many old, sick people who had this.
Fish oil helps with the dryness, and will improve skin integrity. You may need to increase your dose.
Rough dry elbows are one of the symptoms of low thyroid. I have a friend who had rough elbows as a child, and developed an autoimmune condition as an adult.
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LisaK
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yeast rash?!?!?! what is that?????
Map- is it psoriasis?? sounds so similar.
My daughter gets psoriasis on her elbows.
Carol, my skin is not discolored like the photos I see of cigarette paper skin.
I have also noticed a lot more brown spots all over me too- the "age" type spots that you can sort of peel off.
I will keep taking oil and see if it improves. Hopefully I will know soon
I do feel extra dry though since on zithro. especially my mouth0 it feels like I ran for an hour with my mouth open
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map1131
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I have hastimoto's. Was hypothyroid long before becoming ill. My thyroid gland has no visible blood supply to it.
Dead organ? If I was a super smart bacteria, I'd hang out there too. That's why my immune system is attacking it.
I know the truth of lyme & co. But finding a specialist, whole different world. My PCP won't increase my meds based on sx.
Pam
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LisaK
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map, I wish you luck with that! craziness. I regret never going to med school. I would be the RIGHT kind of dr!
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map1131
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I'm using lemongrass essential oil every night. My elbow thing is one of the bad guys. I'm trying to stop it's life cycle. At least in my elbow.
Covering up the symptoms is worthless.
Pam
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