This is a skin ailment which is typified by open sores, itching and burning, and often pustules. Nobody seems to know where it comes from, or whether it can be transmitted from one person to another. Nobody knows where it comes from, nobody knows where it goes. Nobody knows why it happens.
I've suffered from this for years ... literally ... and I finally found a treatment which has been effective for me. Perhaps not to "cure" it, but at least how to "control" it .. to the point where it might seem to lapse into a non-active skin affliction.
I don't know hoe to stop it, but I've found ways to ameliorate the symptoms (pustules, open sores, etc.)
If this is your primary medical issue, please note that the frequent (regular) application of MS217 (a 3% coal tar based formula) in shampoo form has proven effective in my specific case. It's a "medicated conditioning shampoo", which I have found effective in topical application in my daily shower.
My problem was that I not only had scaling and itching on my scalp, but I also had experienced pustules on my hands and fingers. (I know, it's disgusting to even talk about.)
Once I began to use this topical ointment during my daily shower, massaging it in my hair ... it also eventually eliminated the pustules on my hands.
This is not the kind of topic which people commonly discuss online ... but when you have this dermal issue it quickly becomes the most important issue in your life. Well .. not always, but for people who don't face life-threatening issues on a daily basis, it eventually becomes the issue with which you must deal "daily".
No, I'm not being paid for my comments; I don't care about the sales figures for a non-pharmaceutical topical treatment. I only know how very debilitating it can be when your skin turns into pustular sores and you can't even comb your hair without wincing.
It's a rare disease, and most people are blessed by having lesser issues (such as "dandruff") to deal with. It doesn't begin to challenge diabetes, beri-beri, and other diseases which are directly associated with life-threatening conditions.
All I can say is that I'm delighted to finally have found a
Ninety-nine percent of readers will have no idea what I'm talking about, and will dismiss it as .. well, NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard).
But for the one percent of people who MIGHT do an Internet search and find this article .. I hope that they will try it out; it may not work for you, but I'm so relieved that this is not my most common daily concern (I THINK I've finally cured myself, but I'll keep on with weekly treatments) ... I can only point my fellow sufferers of a painful and debilitating disease to what may be a cure.
(that link may be important to you if you suffer from this disease)
NOTE: Not sure: I will continue to treat my scalp on a regular basis. I don't know if I'm actually "cured", or if the treatments only alleviate the progress of the disease.
But whatever happens, just a simple relief from the symptoms of scalp disease may be ... if not a cure .., at least a way to alleviate the most discomfortable symptoms of this annoying disease.
Oh, and as far as I can tell, physical contact with sufferers is not the primary source of scalp disease.
2 comments:
The Geek goes where many would fear to go.
Happy to hear you found some relief.
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