clarissa
Hi everyone,
Wonder if anyone can help?
I'm mid 20s and until last year had near perfect skin - no problems so to speak. Then after about a month on various
Antibiotics for an unrelated complaint, and a few morning after pills (kept forgetting to take it on time), I suddenly came out in this sort of rash. Well they gave me steroid cream for dermatitis, then erythromycin, then doxycycline etc. and it all went on for the best part of a year.Although mild by clinical standards, it's totally and utterly knocked away all my confidence. I am literally a shadow of my former self and not really quite sure what to do about it anymore. It seems that try as I might nothing works. Anyway, then I asked for low dose roaccatane and it was helping until I upped the dose a bit and then my lips cracked etc. At this point I tried a new cream which must have just disagreed with me and my whole face came out in lumps. I stopped immediately - probably a mistake in hindsight, and looked for alternatives. This first led me down the path of candida - could I have this? I had many symptoms and began to think the toxins were simply coming out in my skin. I visited a nutritionist and he confirmed this but also said my main problem was a bacteria I picked up in Egypt. I was told not to eat
Sugar or yeast - essentially the candida diet I had been following for some time - so i stuck to this religiously. Anyway it seemed to be so much better - almost perfect some days. Anyway, after a trip to the Middle East it flared up again - I had eaten some bread so began to eat really strictly again. Absolutely desperate by this stage... Anyway, it was getting better then the other day I ate soms soup which I think contained yeast. Could this have caused it? To be honest though I think it's more dirty pores - because I can see them when I look close. Anyway, I really am desperate now so about to go back on Roaccatane. Literally am falling apart cause this is affecting me so badly. Perhaps someone has some suggestions to help it? or even just to stay sane. I haven't even been going into work because now it's becoming such a psychological problem. I am actually starting to hate myself. Even thinking of lasers. Anyone recommend them? Thanks so much everyone in advance for any help....