Can you post photos of your skin? I am truly curious as to what this looks like.

I think you have hit a dead end here on Curezone. I don't think it's healthy to keep up these posts asking for a diagnosis. I think you need to go to the doctors who have labs and instruments and machines where they can do lots and lots of tests to diagnose you. Even if you don't have the money, there are ways to get it done.

I seriously would like to see some photos. Maybe some professionals on these forums could get you leads by seeing some visuals.

Cleanses, supplements, and diets can and do work well for many people. However, for some they do not work, for some actual harm can be done. When some people dive into natural health care and try to do everything at once, they can put so much stress on their bodies that they can actually damage their health. Many many people will bounce from one protocol to another and never allow the body time to reap the benefits from any one method.

You wrote: No matter what you are sick with or why you are on this site, just be glad that you are not me because I can assure you that my situation is worse. You can be very thankful for that. How many people here have to life with a face that is permanently disfigured when they are a young person.

While I do have great sympathy for your emotional pain, I would trade places with you in a second. I cannot walk. I have to use a wheelchair to get around. I am thankful I can still drive and work, but you cannot imagine how difficult and painful it is to keep going. There are so many places I cannot go to or get into that I am also pretty isolated. Handicapped accessible is a joke when you are by yourself and have no one to help you.

The one thing I have noticed in all of your posts is your negativity. While I can certainly understand that, when you feel hopeless and discouraged, you are in fact, feeding your disease. By hiding away and feeling too ugly to go out you are feeding your disease. By blaming the lack of effectiveness in all you have tried, you are feeding your disease. You do not have to become a hermit and hide away.

For goodness sakes get out and live. There are lots of disfigured and handicapped people out there who choose to live despite there appearance. Only the most shallow and stupid people will reject you because of how you look. Oh, there are people like that out there, but why should you care?

I wish I had some advice that would bring you the physical healing you seek, but I don't. My advice is for your emotional healing, and that is GET YOUR MIND OFF YOURSELF!!! Get out and live. Maybe you won't get to date a supermodel, but you can make friends with average or even below average looking people who are probably just as lonely and hungry for companionship as you are. Would you be ashamed to be seen with me in my wheelchair? Would you look away and pretend not to see me struggling to open a door or get up a high curb?

Volunteer at a homeless shelter, or try to help handicapped kids in a project like special Olympics. Join a church where people are treated with love and compassion instead of judged on their wealth and looks. There is life for you out there. You are the one who has chosen to hide away from the world, the world has not rejected you. Develop a sense of humor, stop focusing on your self-perceived flaws and take stock of your strengths. Stop demanding perfection and accept the flaws in yourself and in others.

You may not be able to fix your disease, but you can fix your life. You are the only one who can choose to get out and live or waste away alone. Don't ever use your physical problem as an excuse to hide away from life. If you have fears or problems getting out and living, then accept that and get help and stop blaming your looks for what is really troubling you.

Plasticat: So sorry that you're feeling so defeated.

Working so hard, hoping and then having your hopes dashed is so dificult, the stress and sadness of this rollercoaster will also contribute to making you more sad and depresed. The reason, all the stress depletes your adrenals which in turn will cause a load of new problems for you.

I am sorry to say that I have not read your previous posts, so you may already have looked into what I thought might be a possibility.

Reading your post, it seems to me that you may have a form of autoimmune malfunction?

I did a very quick google search and a couple of things popped out immediately, if not these maybe a different manifestation?

Anyhow, here is the link -

http://autoimmunedisease.suite101.com/


They mention thyroid dermopathy, lupus, and others showing the similar symptoms as you describe.

Here's a line about lupus: "Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) is the second most common form affecting the skin only. It produces a red, scaly rash which can appear all over the body and leave scars."

Please do know that I do not know the site, but you can maybe get ideas there?

Also, too many cleansings and restricted diet may deplete your body of necessary nutrients. I would say to listen to your body, it speaks. when you find a webpage or walk at the market and there is something it wants it does let you know: That's it.

Like when I go shopping, I'll just have to get those nice orange carrots, or those great smelling herbs, or that chunky head of garlic. Same with protocols, some things were great, while some made my feet go numb!for months! until I revised what works and does not. Know what you started when, and what changes around that time.

Well, hope you find some solace, some hints and pointers.

And if you can - get a kitty cat or a dog. They fill your spirit.

Blessings....

MadArt (ist)

PS: things I consider indispensable:

fresh lemon juice
garlic
cayenne
water
good oils
B12 methylcobalamine sublingual
b complex
a good food based multi
cilantro
brazil nuts
clorophyll
seaweed
celtic Sea Salt
probiotics
Pretty clean varied diet
Sun
Movement
pets
spiritual awareness

What have you done as far as cleansing and diet? Have you seen any alternative medicine doctors or have you been attempting things on your own?