Re: urgent update-skin regrowth-soaked off- used shea butter which burned my lips

Hello again.
Thank you all for your input and concern I will consider each one of your responses and suggestions

Exfoliation of any kind for me must be avoided in my case including the seemingly innocent act of putting a moist cotton rag over my lips to simply remove the white dead skin accumulationg, without having to rub it across

Also the shea butter is in the dumpster, gone , never to be used again
Strange thing is i had used it before and i did not get the same very bad burning reaction

I suppose my ex fol lips are in a differnt condition than the last time i used it which was on top of fully encrusted lips

Now my lips had minimal thinner soft excess skin growing

I am on prednisone again and a strong dose of Antibiotic for my severe rosacea and also seems to have helped the pain and inflammation of the burning affects of exfoliating with a moist cloth followed by organic refined shea butter of the highest quality

I do respect each and every one of your opionions regarding topical use for EC but honestly i had done so much damage to my lips in 6 years by constant aggressive exfoliation that anything but vaseline does seem to burn my lips when they are not totally encrusted

I do think my derm and her colleagues at a teaching hospital here do know what they are is doing, as my lips are already in a relatively short period of time getting better regarding inflammation from oral prednisone, never before tried for me which up until my unfortunate accidental injury to my lips had come to have no pain at all and \ minimal if any, skin regrowth , unless i get water on them then as many of you have described as well it seems the lip skin turns white and what i would consider foamy and soft maybe like the " strange white line" post on this forum

She has instructed me to use the vaseline lightly several times daily in addition to the oral meds prednisone and 100 MG tablets of doxycycline,once daily, mainly for my rosacea

If that doesn't help she will consider another plan

Please understand that i also have, in general, alot of anxiety some of you have shared about yourselves and for me the notion of trying something new which may be natural and seemingly much better for you under normal circumstances, whatever normal is , if there even is a normal is too much of a 'risk'

I would rather go around with encrusted lips than have to experience the mental anguish again regarding what i just did with the completely unexpected severe burning of my lips from shea butter that is how distraught i was yesterday after i had made such good progress from simply using pure vaseline


I am amazed at, and respect all of your opinions and knowledge, you are all quite educated and articulate regarding our EC condition and the potential seeming complex or maybe not so complex solutions to at least improve the condition

How do you all cope emotionally when your EC is very severe to the point that you are embarrased to go out of the house, or be social For me it is utterly emotinally and socially paralyzing , i become a recluse.

I am on disability for another severe condition Menieres Disease and so am on disabiltiy therefore have the
so called luxury to not have to work outside the home but what do others do who have to work with this condition , exfoliate each day?

One more thing i wanted to ask, do any of you have any autoimmune diseases,conditions?

I have a number of them Menieres being one of them

Do you think a compromised immune system makes us more susseptable to EC and the abilty or lack there of to improve or dare i say cure our EC???

I realize from reading your posts that i have to explore my EC also with a more wholistic approach

I have not done the water diet or liver flush, i have not been tested for allergies or candida to mention a few

Thanks again for your caring and informative responses to my urgent concerns

I will follow all of your stories
Wishing you all the best !!!