Guest guest Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 I looked in the archives and saw that someone posted about it a while ago but I wanted to follow up a little. I've been on SCD for several years and I've been having problems recently with eczema. Really, really bad eczema. As in...it starts on my head and under eyebrows and then starts spreading down my face and neck. Originally I thought this was an allergic reaction to a new shampoo so I switched. Then a while later it started again. So I went to my dermatologist, did a patch test and have since been put on a *truly* hypoallergenic regimen. So it's been almost 6 weeks on this course but it's starting up again making me think that it's not an allergy. I do know that this problem has only been happening since being on SCD. And I'm something like 4 years into doing it strictly. I did recently have the worst flare of my life - doc and I still don't know what caused it. Has anyone else had that problem? What can I do for it? I honestly expect to wake up one morning and have my face look like it's peeling off. I've also been losing hair. A lot of hair. It's coming out in clumps. I keep checking for bald spots, it's that bad. GP checked my blood for nutritional deficiencies and checked my thyroid. All that was fine. I talked to my GI doc and he said he thinks it's residual side effects from the prednisone in my system. It was a month or so after I'd gotten off of it. It's now been almost 2 months and I've probably lost about 50% of the hair and it's still coming out. I don't really know what to do. Help? Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 Stacey, I'm pretty new to SCD. I hope some old timers will add to this. The eczema, recent flare up, and hair loss can all be autoimmune, but why this is all happening, I don't know. I don't know if this is related to just coming off the prednisone. Perhaps you can ask the GI doc about this. I hope you feel better, PJ > > I looked in the archives and saw that someone posted about it a while ago but I wanted to follow up a little. I've been on SCD for several years and I've been having problems recently with eczema. Really, really bad eczema. As in...it starts on my head and under eyebrows and then starts spreading down my face and neck. Originally I thought this was an allergic reaction to a new shampoo so I switched. Then a while later it started again. So I went to my dermatologist, did a patch test and have since been put on a *truly* hypoallergenic regimen. So it's been almost 6 weeks on this course but it's starting up again making me think that it's not an allergy. I do know that this problem has only been happening since being on SCD. And I'm something like 4 years into doing it strictly. I did recently have the worst flare of my life - doc and I still don't know what caused it. > > Has anyone else had that problem? What can I do for it? I honestly expect to wake up one morning and have my face look like it's peeling off. I've also been losing hair. A lot of hair. It's coming out in clumps. I keep checking for bald spots, it's that bad. GP checked my blood for nutritional deficiencies and checked my thyroid. All that was fine. I talked to my GI doc and he said he thinks it's residual side effects from the prednisone in my system. It was a month or so after I'd gotten off of it. It's now been almost 2 months and I've probably lost about 50% of the hair and it's still coming out. I don't really know what to do. > Help? > Stacey > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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