I know this sounds ridiculous, but I must pass it on because it's amazing.
I've been on neoral since mid august..and cleared 99.9%... but around mid november
after being on a reduced dosage for a month, and taking a supplement that was a trigger, I
had a very mild breakout in a few spots on my forearms that had always been
hot spots.
It never got to the itchy stage, well just a wee bit in the beginning, but it also
never went a way, stayed reddish and every so often a bit of an itch too.
I was using Vectical and fluocinalone ointment everyday trying to get the rash to fade.
It didn't.
Yesterday morning, just for vanity, I used some Jergens Gentle Glow self tanning cream and within a few hours noticed the rash fading. I was amazed. For weeks I'd been trying to no avail with expensive prescription ointments, and this happened within hours.
I applied more today, and it's almost entirely cleared. I told a biochem friend of mine about it and sent him the ingredients. He did some research and came up with a study done on
one of the ingredients.
Whatever the reason, it's working and I just wanted to pass on the good news.
and BWT it gives a beautiful natural glow. it's a win win
here are the ingredients:
Water, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Petrolatum, Mineral Oil, Ceteareth-20, Dimethicone, Glyceryl Dilaurate, Erythrulose, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Fruit Extract, Avena Sativa (Oat) Meal Extract, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Extract, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Tocopherol, Cyclopentasilozane, Stearic Acid, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Citric Acid, Dispokidum Edta, Sodium Hydroxide, DMDM Hydantoin, BHT, Fragrance, Caramel, Titanium Dioxide, Mica,
Dihydrozyacetone. and here is the study done on Dihydrozyacetone
Arch Dermatol. 1999 May;135(5):540-4.
Turbo-PUVA: dihydroxyacetone-enhanced photochemotherapy for psoriasis: a pilot study.
Taylor CR, Kwangsukstith C, Wimberly J, Kollias N, Anderson RR.
Gange Photomedicine Research Center, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Dihydroxyacetone (DHA), a colorless sugar in "sunless" tanning lotions, binds to stratum corneum to form a UV-A-protective brown pigment. Bound DHA polymer is shed faster from hyperproliferative skin sites such as psoriatic plaques. We tested the hypothesis that selective shedding of DHA pigment during psoralen-UV-A (PUVA) treatment of psoriasis may allow higher UV-A doses, thus accelerating clearing while protecting uninvolved skin. Concurrent use of lactic acid was investigated as an aid in removing scale and residual DHA from psoriatic plaques.
OBSERVATIONS: Thirty psoriatic patients with more than 20% body surface area involvement were recruited. The 6 PUVA study groups were (1) standard American style, (2) American style plus lactic acid, (3) DHA-PUVA or "topical ultraviolet-resisting barrier to optiimize PUVA" (Turbo-PUVA), (4) Turbo-PUVA with lactic acid, (5) European style, and (6) European style plus DHA. Combinations of lactic acid and European-style treatment were not studied. Each subject received up to 30 oral PUVA treatments twice weekly 3 days apart. The DHA-PUVA groups used 15% DHA lotion twice weekly. Lactic acid groups used 7% lotion daily except on treatment days. Psoriasis area and severity index scores were recorded weekly. Turbo-PUVA allowed higher UV-A exposures with minimal burns, showed faster clearing, and required fewer treatments for 90% clearing (P<.001).
CONCLUSIONS: Protection of uninvolved skin by DHA during PUVA treatment allows higher UV-A exposures to be tolerated, demonstrates faster clearing, and requires fewer treatments to clear psoriasis. By reducing the total body dose received, Turbo-PUVA may also reduce long-term risks.
PMID: 10328194
