Re: oral short term prednizone -only thing that finally helped my severe exfoliative cheilitis

Hi Montrealhomegrown,
I am with you regarding natural products but i have tried them, for example pure shea butter and it did not help my severe exfoliative cheilits.
My new dermatologist that I trust told me to stop using the shea butter and to use aquaphor but my lips are so badly damaged , it burned them
The only thing my dermatologist wants me to use at this time is vaseline as i have no bad reaction like everything else i have tried.

Trust me I am a vegetarian for 20 years and believe in holistic/ alternative medicine but I would do anything to have this severe exfoliative cheilitis be improved I know it will never totally go away but after the oral prednizone and use of vaseline more frequently than i normally would use it my condition has improved

This is life altering for me to be able to go out in public with out looking or feeling like a freak

I have suggested natural products to my dermatoligist who works at a teaching hospital and at this point she and her colleagues tell me to just use pure vaseline I know not to use regular vaseline the pure is different for me anyway

I also have rosacea so also on an oral Antibiotic so whether that has an affect on the inflammation i had from the exfoliative cheilitis i don't know

Just out of curiosity, what is it that you would recommend for the lips regarding natural products?

Thanks Have a great day

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