3 year update on Vit D/Ibuprofen.
I have been on this for 3 years now and thought I'd update with my progress for those who are just starting or who are thinking of starting..
My original posts are way way way back so I'll give a brief history. I've had P for over 30 years, since I was a young child, had plaque constantly on my face with guttate coming and going on my arms, legs, torso and scalp. I stopped prescription treatments in my 20's for idealistic reasons and just basically lived with it.
March 2007. I started on 2000iu of Vit D and 400mg of Ibuprofen daily, first thing I noticed was an increased itch, it was really really bad.. so I split the dose of Vit D and took 500iu 4 times a day, taking the Ibuprofen after my evening meal. This helped and after 6 months or so it disappeared completely even if I took the full dose in one go.
Week 2. I had noticed some shrinkage and some reduction in the redness.
Week 4. Really started to notice a difference about now, much more shrinkage and less red. Flakeyness had been replaced by a dustyness, like a very fine body dandruff.
Week 6. Huge difference by now.. Skin was very smooth, and tho shiny and slightly red in places there was a vast improvement. Dustyness had gone, and so had that 'shrinking' feeling, my face didnt feel as tight as it had previously. I also noticed a lessening of my 'superhuman' healing powers, cuts/scratches were taking weeks to heal up.
The Guttate on the rest of my body didnt have such a dramatic improvement, but did shrink and by August I was more or less clear. Had 2 very small patches behind my ears and 3 or 4 very very small patches on my scalp, which in hindsight I think were only still there because of damage from hairbrushing was causing scabs which didnt heal properly. During July/August 2007 I cut back my dosage of Vit D to 1500iu and increased it back to 2000iu in the september.
1 Year. Still pretty clear on the face, with maybe one or two spots on my legs, but it should be noted that at this time I had split with my husband and moved back to Glasgow. Was a pretty bad break-up and my stress levels were extremely high but only visible signs were the odd patch on my legs and scalp which only stayed a few days before going. My dosage was still consistant at 2000iu Vit D and 400mg Ibuprofen, I had noticed that if i missed the ibuprofen or reduced it then my skin got very red within a day or so which would recede within 48 hours if I then took it. If I missed the Vit D then it would take a week or so before any change was noticable, patches around the nose would start growing and my skin would get very dry, and it would take a few days for it to clear once I resumed the Vit D again. The longer I was off it, the longer it would take to get clear.
2 Years. Completely clear both on face and body. Moisturising is still necessary as my skin does dry up very quickly. At this point I had my daily dosage reduced to 1500iu Vit D and 400mg Ibuprofen all year round. One advantage I had found at this point was that I could now use any make-up, cleansing and moisturising products with no adverse effects, previously I was very limited in what I could use without causing a reaction or bleeding.
3 years. Still pretty clear on the face although I do have the odd spot of Guttate on my body. Mainly because I've reduced my dosage to 1000iu Vit D and 200mg Ibuprofen for the last month. This is on the advice of my doc cos my skin is making more Vit D on its own now, and we had a lot of sun there a few weeks back and because my doc isnt too happy with me taking 400mg of Ibuprofen on a daily basis, so he'd like to get it down. My skin still reacts to things, if i get upset I can be red all the next day, if I forget to take my tablets I can be red and/or dry for a few days but its so much more managable that it ever has been. Excuse the bad pic here
I took it a few moments ago with my webcam cos i can't find a recent pic on this pc.
I'd like to point out that in all these pics..
its still me.. my skin may have changed the way it looks but i'm still the same person in all of them!
For anyone who is thinking of giving this a go then I'd definitely recommend it, my face has never responded to any treatments before now and as you can see, its sustainable over a period of time and is really very cheap to do, works out about 10p-20p a day depending on where you get your Vit D and how much you buy at once. Its cheaper to buy in bulk!
Sorry for the very long posts and lots of pics but wanted to share my success story with you all and my many many thanks to BJ for all his hard work and dedication and everyone on this thread who helped me in the beginning.
