Stopping By and an Update

[Guest guest]

Haven't stopped in here for a while but just wanted to post an

update. I joined the group quite a while back and tried so many of

the hopeful remedies along with many members of this group. Had eight

photoderm treatments, V-beam treatments, versapulse treatments and

diode laser treatments. It's easily been over $10,000 worth of laser

treatments so far.

The photoderm & laser treatments showed good promise after about 4

treatments. My skin continued to improve some during the remaining

treatments too. But it's only been about four months since my last

treatments and my skin is already starting to return to it's old

condition. It's still better, but moving backwards again.

In my opinion the laser treatments only treat the symptoms, and do

not treat the underlying cause. In my case who knows what that cause

is, I've tried it all: Diet control, topicals, oral medications,

lasers.... nothing cures it. A few things help to control it, a

little bit, for a while. Plexion Wash (prescription) helped me a lot

for a while but even that has reduced results now.

Here is something else I noticed. cea comes & goes no matter what

you do. I can follow all the guidelines and avoid all the triggers;

during that time my skin will go through cycles of good and bad. I

can live life almost care-free, enjoy all kinds of foods & outdoor

activities, and my skin will still go though cycles of good and bad.

Exactly the same.

That explains to me why so many people say a product seems to help

them for a while, and then their skin becomes troublesome again, or

they think they have a bad reaction to it when it helped them before.

All doctors have told me that, cea comes & goes. That's the

nature of the beast.

And what a beast it is, I don't think there is anything we can do to

cure it. We can only try to control it somewhat though the

established guidelines. Not very encouraging. Try to do the best we

can and not let it keep us from a normal life. At least not too much.

I wish I had a more positive update to post but that's the way it is.

It's no wonder so many people in this group are still here and

desperate to find some kind of relief. It feels impossible. And with

more serious, life-threatening diseases out there to get all the

attention and research, I don't think we're going to see much

progress in the cea area.

If someone thinks they have found a cure, there are many of us

waiting for it right here.