Guest guest Posted February 4, 2002 Report Share Posted February 4, 2002 Its become pretty obvious to me lately that if I do indeed have cea, I have something else in conjunction with it causing me problems. Its just been one symptom after another for several months now. I came across a site today talking about Lupus, and it sounds like that might be a possibility. The lady who performs my photoderm treatments always says at the beginning of each of my treatments " I'm just going to treat the red, butterfly-shaped area on your cheeks today " . Well I saw today that a butterfly-shaped rash can mean Lupus. I also have other symptoms too. (that rash thingy on my arm that I had a while back is another symptom of lupus etc etc) Anywayz, I'm pretty nervous. Gonna ask my doc about it next time I see him. In the meantime, I read that Lupus can be caused or worsened by ultraviolet light (i.e. sun exposure). I've always found my " cea " to get WAY worse out in the sun, thats always been my worst trigger. Anyway, enough back story, here's my Question: If my problem IS lupus and not cea, will Photoderm make it better or worse? (Ultraviolet light makes Lupus worse, is there a difference between ultraviolet light and intense pulsed light?) I think I saw an article one time saying Photoderm helps treat Lupus, but it makes sense that it would make it worse. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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