My name is Arran and i suffer with P. I inherited P from my mother who inherited from her father etc. I have been told that my P didn't properly kick in (flare up) til I was 4 months old. Now I'm 19 and I feel as though my P is taking over me more than usual... Over the last few weeks it has been quite severe and imflamed. I smoke frequently and drink on weekends after my work shifts. I don't seem to be going through as much stress as I have before through-out my life but for some reason my skin is constantly dry even though I'm using prescribed Dovobet (body), Protopic (face + hands), E45 bath oil, T-Gel Shampoo and occassionally Hydromol or Eperderm when required. I am covered over 90-95% of my body scalp and face, which is frustrating for a guy my age... I have a love life not going into details but sometimes I don't feel up to the occassion. When I'm asked at work to serve people food and drink I feel as though they are looking at me and that can be extremely uncomfortable, which doesn't exactly help me due to lack of confidence. I guess I'm writing all this to find some sort of comfort... I find that sunlight and heat can help my skin, I've never travelled abroad and live in the UK, not much sunshine here lol. Also when I have an upset stomach my skin goes berserk on me, sometimes I'm up for hours a night scratching my body until I bleed... Not nice but i'm sure plenty of you have been through it... My diet has never been brilliant or stable, I don't really avoid certain foods or eat things daily that are good for me, I have been on diets as a child when my parents could provide what is needed but they never worked, sometimes they made me worse. I'm looking for cheap solutions to calm my P down, I love it on some days when I wake up smooth as anything and my skin is hardly red at all, but on most days I wake up in sheets of skin which requires alot of cleaning when I have guests... I have found that when my skin is really well I can use Lynx shower gels and apply cream on after which really keeps my skin smooth and settled throught the day and following night, normally resulting in another good day. I hate using greasy products such as Hydromol, Eperderm, E45 bath oil when my P is bad, it just makes a mess and makes my clothes cling on for dear life... I have tried Cyclosporin but it gave me migrains and cramps, I didn't really see an improvement in my P either after 3 months of use. In the winter and really cold days my skin can dry up on my legs and split through dryness, it doesn't matter how much cream I apply, it happens 3/4 winters, and this leads to applying cream on red raw limbs that sting to the slightest touch, sometimes resulting in spending time out of work etc. If i ever reduce my P significantly will this reduce the chances of passing it on later down the tree? I have lots of questions and not enough time to read through snippets of solutions... please help me! Undecided
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