Health Boards
Fri-04-10-2019, 16:20 PM
(This post was last modified: Fri-04-10-2019, 16:21 PM by Coffeeplease. Edited 1 time in total.)
A little update....
I tried the dead sea salt bath a couple of days ago. It was nice/felt very soothing, however not as much as the baking soda/oatmeal combo. I will keep using the salts until they are gone, and will go back to baking soda/oatmeal because the cost is cheaper and a little more effective from what I can tell. The salts are $19 a bag vs. $3.50 for a large box of baking soda and $6-7 for the colloidal oatmeal.
I've decided to take a break from UVB for a week or two, just to give my skin a rest from that.
I'm on day 3 of applying coal tar, and I am seeing some improvement there. I've taken a before pic of 3 large spots on my shin and will post the before/progress pics sometime next week. I apply the coal tar in the morning and at night. I've stopped the steroid cream for the time being, because honestly the coal tar is helping more than the prescription cream right now and the coal tar is also far less expensive. The smell is strong when I first apply it, but seems to fade a bit. No one has complained yet about me smelling like a paved road. The coal tar does help so much with itching and smoothing out the rough/raised patches. I also see some breaking up of the dark red patches.
I continue with the turmeric supplement once a day, and apple cider vinegar diluted in water.
Happy Friday everyone!
Lillie
I tried the dead sea salt bath a couple of days ago. It was nice/felt very soothing, however not as much as the baking soda/oatmeal combo. I will keep using the salts until they are gone, and will go back to baking soda/oatmeal because the cost is cheaper and a little more effective from what I can tell. The salts are $19 a bag vs. $3.50 for a large box of baking soda and $6-7 for the colloidal oatmeal.
I've decided to take a break from UVB for a week or two, just to give my skin a rest from that.
I'm on day 3 of applying coal tar, and I am seeing some improvement there. I've taken a before pic of 3 large spots on my shin and will post the before/progress pics sometime next week. I apply the coal tar in the morning and at night. I've stopped the steroid cream for the time being, because honestly the coal tar is helping more than the prescription cream right now and the coal tar is also far less expensive. The smell is strong when I first apply it, but seems to fade a bit. No one has complained yet about me smelling like a paved road. The coal tar does help so much with itching and smoothing out the rough/raised patches. I also see some breaking up of the dark red patches.
I continue with the turmeric supplement once a day, and apple cider vinegar diluted in water.
Happy Friday everyone!
Lillie
