It's been pretty much a constant now for a very long time. The areas along the trunk and flanks of my body shift and lessen in their appearance over time, but never completely gone. It was within the last few months that they started to slowly migrate down my arms and legs.
As far as possible triggers, I'm at a real loss. I tried cutting certain foods from my diet, sticking with a strong multivitamin regimen, moisturizers and creams (Which do help with the flaky white skin and lessen the redness, but don't ever fully remove them) and a number of other things.
I couldn't tell you if it itches at all, because having lived with this for over 10 years off and on I have come to deal with it. Possibly a mild constant itching that I have just grown accustomed to. It's sad to think all the things I have missed out on because of this condition. There are days where I quite literally want to just jump out of my own skin.
Today I actually plan on getting back into tanning beds to see if I can beat this thing.
I don't know that I have ever used tanning beds long enough to remove ALL the patches, because I am wondering if, like a virus, if you don't eradicate it completely it will just come back (which HAS been the case in the past.)
But if it takes going in for a tanning 1-2 times a week to keep this thing at bay, I'm all for it.
Thanks for your interest in my personal situation.
Best of luck to yourself and others out there suffering from this.
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It's been pretty much a constant now for a very long time. The areas along the trunk and flanks of my body shift and lessen in their appearance over time, but never completely gone. It was within the last few months that they started to slowly migrate down my arms and legs.
As far as possible triggers, I'm at a real loss. I tried cutting certain foods from my diet, sticking with a strong multivitamin regimen, moisturizers and creams (Which do help with the flaky white skin and lessen the redness, but don't ever fully remove them) and a number of other things.
I couldn't tell you if it itches at all, because having lived with this for over 10 years off and on I have come to deal with it. Possibly a mild constant itching that I have just grown accustomed to. It's sad to think all the things I have missed out on because of this condition. There are days where I quite literally want to just jump out of my own skin.
Today I actually plan on getting back into tanning beds to see if I can beat this thing.
I don't know that I have ever used tanning beds long enough to remove ALL the patches, because I am wondering if, like a virus, if you don't eradicate it completely it will just come back (which HAS been the case in the past.)
But if it takes going in for a tanning 1-2 times a week to keep this thing at bay, I'm all for it.
Thanks for your interest in my personal situation.
February 8, 2015 - 11:12amBest of luck to yourself and others out there suffering from this.
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