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Mon-07-12-2015, 06:52 AM
Hello everyone,
I decided to join tonight, I like many have been dealing with this for years, 1993 to be exact, I was using a topical treatment that helped for the most part. Then went through a divorce and could no longer afford the doctors visits or medication. For the last 13 years I have been basically just using hand cream , my areas that were affected were limited to my ankles so socks is a constant . I must admit the last doctor I went to years ago when I showed him my legs which was very bad at the time, well he almost looked disgusted, so I am reluctant to show another doctor, I am sure they will want to know why I have not sought treatment before now. Over the last two weeks I noticed the skin color had changed on my elbows an area where I had problems years ago, it looked as if all my pigment was gone then about a week later I had scales again in the areas that had been clear for years. I am now experiencing it on the palms of my hands and it itches like crazy. Because I am in at a better place financially i have am considering making an appointment with a dermotogogist and see if any of these new products I hear about can help. I get so scared though when they start listing symptoms for so many of these new drugs like lymphoma, so I ask myself is it worth the risk. I am hoping to hear what is working for others and hopefully gain some confidence to seek help.
I decided to join tonight, I like many have been dealing with this for years, 1993 to be exact, I was using a topical treatment that helped for the most part. Then went through a divorce and could no longer afford the doctors visits or medication. For the last 13 years I have been basically just using hand cream , my areas that were affected were limited to my ankles so socks is a constant . I must admit the last doctor I went to years ago when I showed him my legs which was very bad at the time, well he almost looked disgusted, so I am reluctant to show another doctor, I am sure they will want to know why I have not sought treatment before now. Over the last two weeks I noticed the skin color had changed on my elbows an area where I had problems years ago, it looked as if all my pigment was gone then about a week later I had scales again in the areas that had been clear for years. I am now experiencing it on the palms of my hands and it itches like crazy. Because I am in at a better place financially i have am considering making an appointment with a dermotogogist and see if any of these new products I hear about can help. I get so scared though when they start listing symptoms for so many of these new drugs like lymphoma, so I ask myself is it worth the risk. I am hoping to hear what is working for others and hopefully gain some confidence to seek help.