I think diet might play a part too, so I eat a lot of foods with anti-inflammatory properties and it seems to be helping me

Well, i dont read all the messages.
That's a bad habit i have but knowing that u use it too this questions could be for boths.
This isnt anything new. Others tried this method in the same way with improvement and hope for a long long time and couldn't cure it. When they leaved them without aqua in time all gets worst again. Others are allergic to some of his components so they must change to another moustorizer.
Of course is better avoid some of the shit making things more easy but at the end u depend of it and that's why sucks.
This isnt an universal cure but could heal you completely like a few, who know. So continue.
The reason behind this and the solutions are differents. The problem could be internal or external.
eg leaving alone method without apply annything works wonder for some people. Maybe they dont had EC, i dont know, but they had been cured that way.
There are methods that cure people but that doesnt mean that could works for all of us. Some changing his diet, u mention this, get out from this hell but others not no matter what they do. Beside that the type of food is important for each person