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Post by itchin4answers on Jun 3, 2020 5:30:10 GMT -5
3 years ago I started my journey of remodelling my skin after Morgs
Firstly I had a mini face lift. It was hoped this would improve the appearance of the loss of the fat pads in my face. The result was good, but the fat pad loss was still noticeable. My lift repaired my ear lobes which had been disfigured from Morgs.
After that I had one treatment of CO Laser for the scarring. The result wasn't what I was looking for. It did improve the appearance of my skin, but many scars are still visible and this is to do with the shape and depth of them.
2 years ago I started having cosmetic filler injections to fill in the lost fat pads. I was a big challenge to the person treating me! never had a case like me haha. He has brought me a long way in 2 years, building up fat loss on my face with the filler.
I don't look like I've got a face full of plastic, or pulled too tight! nothing like that. This has been a slow and steady move toward looking like me, in a natural way.
The mental torment my skin has put me through I can not put into words. Many will understand what I am talking about.
Thankfully no Morg breakouts like I had once upon a time! though I did get one big Morg and this was last November, one week after my Dad died. I think the stress brought it about. It was massive! swollen and horrid, could feel it in my gland. An awful reminder of what I have gone through!
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Post by itchin4answers on Apr 1, 2020 0:04:04 GMT -5
Home remedies that have worked are;
1/4 teaspoon of bicarbonate soda in a glass of water first thing in the morning, 30 minutes before you eat. Good for helping with inflammation and gut health.
10ml of diluted apple cider vinegar before meals.
Eating whole foods to support gut health, prebiotics and probiotics.
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Post by itchin4answers on Mar 29, 2020 3:03:55 GMT -5
Hi aware, I am happy to tell you what has worked for me. I don't believe there is a "cure" for Morgellons, I believe it's more about maintenance, the best you can do. Myself and my son had a doctor who treated our Babesia and had us take Tox-Ease GL beyondbalanceinc.com/products/detox-support/tox-ease-gl/this packed a punch with herx symptoms, but I do believe it did something good for us. The doctor suggested working on other conditions we had. Saw a genetic doctor who put us on Folinic Acid for the MTHFR gene mutation. Folinic acid enables us to convert folic acid. We take one of these capsules everyday tinyurl.com/r4hf8l2Two years ago I was lucky enough to be in a clinical trial with Professor Garth Nicolson for the NT Factor Energy Lipids tinyurl.com/sug3re8I have been taking the NT Factor for 2 years and I can honestly say it works. I feel the best I've felt in years. There is information Prof Nicolson has written on NTFactor which you can Google. In this link, an interview with Prof Nicholson he talks about how the NTFactor repairs Mitochondria. thequantifiedbody.net/repair-mitochondria-lipid-replacement-garth-nicolson-phd/Prof Nicolson told me that with me having Mycoplasma Fermentans this will always be with me and it's a matter of trying to maintain it. This is a good read. Mycoplasma – Often Overlooked In Chronic Lyme Disease www.immed.org/infectious%20disease%20reports/InfectDiseaseReport06.11.09update/PHA_Nicolson_0709_v4.07.pdfI also had LENS the link will explain, I can honestly say it works www.site.ochslabs.com/Morgellons is always with me, I never look anymore, I find the less attention I give it the better I feel. It did bring me anxiety to think back to even write this post. Then I thought what the heck COVID19 has me on tender hooks right now.
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Post by itchin4answers on Feb 17, 2020 2:01:05 GMT -5
Hi awareseattle,
I had something like what you're describing 10 years ago. I woke one day to one ear blocked. I saw the doctor, he looked shocked when he looked in my ear, gave me an annoyed look and said I needed to give up smoking. Well of course that wasn't going to happen. He didn't give me any treatment.
I was living in a rental house that had invisible mold. My hearing improved over time, and especially when my environment changed.
I have bilateral Eustachian Tube dysfunction, apparently.
I've had sinus disease too and what really helped was a nasal spray called BEG, you can Google it. It is on prescription not over the counter, that spray changed my world.
I wouldn't think you'd need surgery, but if you can afford an ENT surgeon, it would be worth a visit to look in your ears.
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Post by itchin4answers on Aug 8, 2017 20:43:57 GMT -5
There are problems that come along with this disease and the most prolific in the beginning for some is itching, it is intense and can make you wish the end would come, or sadly cause a person to end their life. This itching has been seen in the mental institutions for as long as there have been mental institutions, the fact of the matter, the doctors believe the issue of itching is caused by a sycosis, that sycosis is, invisible bugs are all over me. The disease, for now I will call the disease, (THE DISEASE THAT CAUSES IMMENSE ITCHING). For some the INTENSE itching has gone on for a very long time, for others the itching is periodic but mostly lessened, if you look at interviews with Mel Gibson you can see him digging at his ears, this is a true problem area, he has been trying also to sedate the mental issues with booze and probably drugs. Many of these people will grab onto any conspiracy theory they can find and apply it to their issues, I guess in their case something to grab onto is better than nothing. The theories sound like they could be true and you literally can not trust the good old boy political system and government we have allowed to become to big, so many conspiracy's are more than just believable, they are utterly possible. The one thing about conspiracy, they sound crazy or turn people off to the central issue. I mean even a true conspiracy grabbed by a person losing their minds will become their phobia. ANYWAY Here is a little interview of Sinead O'Conner, the first item that smacks you in the kisser, she has always kept her hair shaved a common trait of some that feel the bugs all in their hair, delusional of course but still very real to them. Here is a interview with her now, mind compromised and not knowing what she is dealing with, right in the beginning you will see her go for the back of her head itching, she knows not to do this in the interview but she just can not help it. Think this is just the common itch watch other interviews. Watching her interviews you find her to be a very soft spoken dear, you can see she is also like me a humanitarian, the world is one people mankind, there are no borders for humanity. When I see people like her loosing their grip on reality it affects me, while there are so many useless mongrels on this planet wearing a suit and tie, corrupt men grasping at power and money, truly when I see a man in a suit it makes me want to puke, it seems they are saying look at me I am respectable and important because I own a suit. LOL so Why would these celebrities matter at all if they have it or not, there are not that many celebrities, but you can see the results in their bad health, this relates to the populations at large numbers, you have to know how to pick them out of the crowd, Amy Winehouse, Brittany Spears, Mel Gibson, Bill Clinton, Hillary is his wife she must have it, and so many more. Don't believe watch their interviews youtu.be/9hbUshQ0tQ4here is another that shows the propensity to itch and she has Bill Clinton voice when talking. youtu.be/McmJJyXqauY When are people going to see this infection for what it is, a widespread disease, spread by body fluids and birth,, that totally destroys the human body and mind itself or by letting other malady's do the destruction, like HIV does. Yo The Nothing Compares 2 U singer has posted a heartbreaking video admitting to the world that she is suicidal and suffering from three different mental illnesses.
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Post by itchin4answers on Jan 10, 2017 20:02:56 GMT -5
Hi all,
Not sure how it works for people to become members, or past members that are wishing to post and can not get access to the forum.
I have been contacted by a past member who is wishing to post on the forum and can not get "staff approval"....any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
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Post by itchin4answers on Dec 29, 2016 5:39:54 GMT -5
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Post by itchin4answers on Nov 20, 2016 5:28:12 GMT -5
Evidence of Lyme Disease in Australia was discovered in 1992
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Post by itchin4answers on Nov 6, 2016 2:44:43 GMT -5
The Lyme Senate enquiry in Australia recently reopened. The closing date I believe is the 30th November. There has been much media in the recent days. This particular one from this morning seems to be the all round winner. For me, possibly 28 years into this disease, a clinical diagnosis of Lyme and co infections in 2012, though in 2016 even that doesn't get me any special help, tests, nor treatment. My blood tests are glowingly normal and yet symptoms which have no explanation, other than that of my own, being a chronic long standing infection that is still yet to be acknowledged and treated. My son only a child is positive for Borrelia burgdorferi, where did he acquire this since he has never left Australia? He acquired it from me and since Borrelia burgdorferi is not recognised in Australia my son is denied treatment. Please follow link for video: au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/watch/33119104/does-lyme-disease-exist-in-australia/
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Post by itchin4answers on Jul 5, 2016 23:13:30 GMT -5
Hello everyone, Unfortunately Senator John Madigan didn't win his seat in the senate. The Lyme controversy still continues and this Lyme story was aired last night on Australian Television. Do Australian ticks pose a greater health risk than we thought? For people suffering from Lyme-like disease, it’s a controversial mystery that science has so far been unable to resolve. For the first time, microbes inside native Aussie ticks are being probed, leading to new discoveries which may reveal the causes of unexplained illnesses in the future.www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4494187.htm
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Post by itchin4answers on May 18, 2016 20:52:34 GMT -5
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Post by itchin4answers on Apr 21, 2016 22:41:05 GMT -5
I hear you Baraka and I sympathise greatly with the Veterans, however I did not sign up for the Military. My submission to Parliament for the Lyme Like Disease investigation to the Senate has been accepted. My submission is number 1020. The email said they removed my name and third parties, however they did leave in the links for the Morgellons videos! which is good. So my submission was uploaded the way I sent it, back to front lol with spelling mistakes. This is the link; www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Lyme-like_Illness/Submissions
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Post by itchin4answers on Apr 19, 2016 23:17:53 GMT -5
It's a "Lyme busting" day. The final hearing in Parliament in Canberra. I've travelled extensively and am still being denied health care. I see the GP the other day to end up blowing my top from her rudeness. I said I had pain and suffered fibromyalgia and wanted a chronic pain management plan. She said to me "says who"...meaning who said I had Fibromyalgia. I launched and said "not this again!!"....I was diagnosed 21 years ago. I had my medical file sent to this clinic and seriously it would pay for them to read my diagnoses. She harped at me that my Borrelia test through Australian Rickettsial Research Laboratory was negative. I said "I know!". I was most upset I said "you don't get it unless you had a chronic disease"...I was banging my fingers against my head saying "what you doctors are doing to us, you have no clue". I said a few things and defended my son on how rude she was saying my son didn't have Lyme even with positive serology. I told her I had my clinical diagnosis of Lyme in 2012. She said the diagnosis has to be backed up with pathology. I dug at her further saying "do you know how to read the bands on the results"...."do you know how hard it is to find the Borrelia bacteria". This is malpractice and contempt. That doctor was trying to say there really is nothing wrong with me. No repeat on my prescription and as I said to her on my way out, all return business you want, trainees - you're not a doctor you're a hypocrite. I came home and cried, told myself there was nothing wrong with me. My hands hurt and constantly go numb, my skin itches, my body hurts. I started a detox a week ago, and am having to cut it short. More symptoms this time round. The doctors in this country have totally done my head in and are still doing my head in. Feeling tired, fed up and frustrated beyond words. No word as yet from the Senate as to whether my Lyme Like Disease submission was accepted. Vital hearing in Canberra for people suffering Lyme disease "It's critical that these people across Australia have a voice and are listened to and their problems are addressed – just telling people they need to see a psychiatrist doesn't cut the mustard." Senator Madigan said he had an open mind on whether Lyme disease existed in Australia. "I've got more questions than I've got answers, there needs to be more work," he said. "I haven't made up my mind, but what I do know is these people are sick. "If it's not Lyme disease, what the hell is it? "What's to say we haven't got an indigenous illness in this country that has Lyme-like symptoms that manifests itself. "I'm not saying that's the case but there is something wrong and I sympathise with these people who are suffering, I don't know how you can just dismiss it or ignore it." Read more: www.smh.com.au/national/vital-hearing-in-canberra-for-people-suffering-lyme-disease-20160419-go9rml.html#ixzz46Kufiave Follow us: @smh on Twitter | sydneymorningherald on Facebook
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Post by itchin4answers on Apr 10, 2016 0:51:57 GMT -5
June is the month for the Senate Inquiry into Lyme Like Disease in Australia. Not so long ago I'd said I wasn't going to do a submission. I'd written something back in December for Lyme Australia, but that (I believe) was to just get an idea perhaps of how many people in Australia with this disease, what state we lived in etc. I was also wanting to "let the whole thing go"....after my son's birthday the other day I became so emotional, everything coming back to me. Reading about Patty Duke dying of Sepsis and that is how my son came into the world, with Sepsis because of no one listening or caring that my symptoms were not a delusion. I did my submission in a complete state of anxiety, I had not thought nor planned. I sat at the computer tense and focused as though it was my subconscious at work. I should have typed it into a word document then copied and pasted into the email but I typed straight into the email, and rather than pressing save to draft I pressed send by accident and hadn't finished! I was stressing about the time, my son needing his tea and wanting to get the submission sent. I didn't proof read, can you believe that, me the utter perfectionist of the Earth who always proof read. I keep beating myself up over this, and I keep telling myself this is the disease and I can't change it and stop worrying!! I did add two links into my submission on Morgellons which had my old Morgellons video embedded in it, because my own video mysteriously disappeared off the internet last year. I got an automated reply email to say the Senate had received my submission and that it had to be approved before being uploaded to the internet, apparently this could take a few days. If we are wanting anonymity we have to give a good reason why. I don't wish for that because we are all in this together. This link is where all the submissions are uploaded to. I haven't opened many, but from what I can gather it is not just about Lyme Like Disease, also chronic disease and many organisations are making submissions. Many of you may find some very interesting to read. www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Health/Chronic_Disease/Submissions?main_0_content_1_RadGrid1ChangePage=5_20
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Post by itchin4answers on Apr 10, 2016 0:39:32 GMT -5
I had forgotten to say in my post yesterday, not wanting anyone to think I am a pill popper. I also didn't get a chance to say this to the doctor....my reason for wanting the Valium for sleep is that the Melatonin prescription costs $33 and that is for 30 tablets. I was advised by a doctor interstate to take 2 because of my fractionated sleep issues, to try to keep me asleep. The Valium is on PBS so only costs $5.20. The cost is a big issue especially with my son needing them too. For me a prescription was only lasting 2 weeks. So depending on my sleep and how it cycles I would interchange between valium and melatonin. These doctors don't care that we're on a pension and that all our money goes straight back to the government for medicine.
I am of the opinion these doctors don't like to give repeats because they want you to return to them...money money money.
My son saw his Paediatrician the other day and she had no problems in prescribing his Melatonin with 5 repeats. So there you have it, it's all about business, not making it easier for the patient. We have better things to do than sit waiting for 45 minutes in a stinking waiting room especially when you're lucky to even get 10 minutes, and whatever one asks for they will either talk you out of it, or pass the buck to someone else.
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Post by itchin4answers on Apr 9, 2016 2:24:49 GMT -5
Hi Toni, Hi Itchin Toni, I am going to start facial exercises again, I have been doing light weight for the body for about a years now, have really stuck with it. Not seeing much change, sagging still, lol. Now according to the Charles Holman Foundation, the stuff coming out of our skin is collagen and keratin. Well we know it's more than just that but I wonder if this is the reason I am having such a hard time putting on muscle. I am the perfect weight but cannot put on muscle. Oh well I will keep at it. Hi Itchin, hope your doing well. I am now doing a program for SIBO. I did not feel I had a big gut problem but I am so sick of killing that now I am just trying to use healing protocols. www.alternavita.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/SIBO-Cheat-Sheet-1.pdfHi there ladies, I'm doing as best as I can thanks Ruth. Yeah I was told by the LLMD who had to retire due to a stroke that the fibers were collagen and keratin. I don't mind people saying what they "think" the fibers are I would just like someone to perhaps commit to testing mine. That would be a really good place to start. Face exercises sounds like a good idea. So many things sound like a good idea but my motivation I think is living under a rock. I have to share something with you all and I was going to start a thread entitled "Arrogant Doctors!" but posting here will do just fine. I don't like going to the local doctors as you know, and the woman I prefer to see never seems to be there. As I've told you all before I've learnt that the clinic I go to the doctors are trainees from overseas. So yesterday I finally pluck up the courage to make an appointment. I really needed a prescription for my Melatonin because this lady doctor failed to give repeats on my last script, she did one repeat on my son's so I had been sharing his Melatonin. I was hoping to also get a chronic pain management plan to entitle me to hydrotherapy, yoga and tai chi at the local community centre. I have been wanting this since last November! When things come up in our lives it is easier to put things off, especially with the depression it all seems too hard. Anyway I book into the doctor yesterday and low and behold the lady doctor is away again!! so very much in need of Melatonin for my sleep I book in with anyone. I am not being racist, I am just saying that after Googling this doctors name I learn he had to be Arabic. Let me tell you all he was the most ARROGANT AND RUDE SOB!! He was ok at the start when I asked for my prescription and I also said could I have Valium too? He leaned back in his chair and said "oh you don't need Valium you have Melatonin". Well I was very calm, sweet and nice and said "If you had the chronic disease I had mate you'd want Valium and besides I haven't had a prescription of it of ages". So he gave me a script for 10 Valium! OH Wow!! I had a little list written on a piece of paper because I do forget when with a doctor because they make me so nervous (though didn't get to address all on my list because of his attitude). I find the "silence" when they are looking at their computer printing up the prescriptions to be so uncomfortable. Where do you look? lol....it's so impersonal and the way the desk is set up is that the patient sits at the side of their desk, not across from their desk, so you can sort of see what they are doing on the computer, but not really if you get me. Anyway, I look on my list and say "I had a UTI and I was wanting to know the lab results". Well this guy spoke like a shot gun "when was the UTI? last week?"....I say "um no"...."two weeks ago?"...."um no". I couldn't remember!! Then he sees on the computer and says "you had that UTI in January and you should have returned to the surgery 5 days later for your results!!". I have never had such a hard time trying to get a person to hear me out. What happened in January when I had this UTI was that I went to the doctor, had to see someone different coz the other doctor was away again. I describe my symptoms and the doctor immediately prints up a script for antibiotic...THEN she hands me a specimen jar and a pathology slip, tells me to go wee in the jar and go to the pathology nurse. That was the END of the consultation a WHOLE 5 MINUTES!! LOL! I stand in the hallway of the surgery thinking what the heck? so I do the specimen and wait my turn to see the pathology nurse and I say to this nurse "why am I seeing you with my specimen". She tells me that my specimen will be sent to the lab in Melbourne to see if I have a urinary tract infection. I said that's weird because shouldn't my urine be dip stick tested in the surgery first BEFORE giving me an antibiotic? So this is what I was trying to say to this doctor yesterday. I was trying to say that my concern back in January was that I took an antibiotic, YES I had symptoms of a UTI, though not all UTI's I have had are all the same. I tried to say to him that the doctor prescribed an antibiotic on my symptoms alone without doing a dipstick test to see if my urine showed, lets say...blood, or leukocytes. All my life since my teenage years whenever I visited a doctor and said I felt I had a UTI they would ask me to wee in the jar THEN they would dipstick it THEN they would prescribe the antibiotic THEN send to the lab. This doctor yesterday, spoke so fast and he was getting angry with me saying "Dr so and so prescribed you an antibiotic based on clinical symptoms and it was her judgement". I was saying "yes, yes I know but but..." and he kept talking over the top of me!! I said to him "perhaps I am old school where a doctor would once dipstick test urine before jumping to an antibiotic". He got so aggressive and said "dipstick tests are home stuff and not adequate, laboratory testing is what is required and the doctor made the right judgement, and are YOU a DOCTOR?!" I said "NO I am not a doctor and hey I am not STUPID!". If this complete dickhead had of done his job, shut his flapping gums and just heard me out. I was trying to say that I was concerned I was taking an antibiotic and perhaps my UTI wasn't really a UTI but I had the symptoms. For goodness sake who wants to take antibiotics when we really don't need too. I ask him for a "chronic pain management plan". He says "see your usual doctor and besides it's Friday!!"...what a stupid comment! He rammed into me saying "if you have tests or bloods done through this clinic you must return after 5 days for your results". I said "OH yes doctor I will really try to remember that given I have memory issues! thank you good bye". I had to literally peel myself off the ceiling when I got home, how rude he was, and yeah perhaps because of his place of birth. Seriously though, what are these doctors being taught. How dare he speak to me the way he did. Though perhaps that's the way they speak to women in their own country. I am not stupid and in fact I do believe what I was asking I was well within my right. You know he wasn't going to give me the lab result on the computer because I should have gone back after 5 days. The ego of these people is absolutely shocking "listen to ME I am God, you must do as I say, I will not listen to you I will dictate to you, you are only a number not a person!!". That is how he made me feel. Yes he did eventually tell me I did have a serious bacterial infection but WHY the lecture and rudeness. I believe it all goes with the training now, we the public the patient are scum, THEY doctors are nothing without us, they just don't get it. I will be finding another clinic to go to with Australian doctors because I'm over those idiots.
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Post by itchin4answers on Mar 17, 2016 19:58:51 GMT -5
Lyme disease - the Australian epidemic Senator John Madigan giving a 15 minute speech, so well worth watching. I have to wonder why Parliament is empty.
Published on Mar 15, 2016
"Our medical system has a huge gap in it.
And we're behind the rest of the world by years.
This puts our citizens, friends and family at risk, and for some, causes them to suffer needlessly.
We have a treatable disease here, which has been overlooked by the bureaucracy.
Collectively, we can change this."
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Post by itchin4answers on Mar 17, 2016 19:54:58 GMT -5
Hi Toni, Hi Itchin, Itchin, sorry for all the crap you have to go through with Doctors, especially when a child is involved. Yes I too believe I have a connective tissue disorder, I think mine is EDS, Ehlers Danlos. I am doing a whole program to heal the gut cause that is where everything starts. It involves taking organic colstrum with a fridge pro-biotic that you make into a paste and hold in your mouth for a minute before swallowing. I will let you know if I have any success. Toni, had an outbreak on my leg about 75 sores and a few on my back since Nov. having been doing your recipe of 2% yogurt and milk. It's about 75% better at this point at 5 days. I will keep it up. Thanks for this one. Again in the beginning your mustard recipe really got rid of the itching so thanks for that one too. I am still working on the skin, added in vitamin C, so I do on different days from the copper. Still trying to improve the sag at my jaw and neck. Hopefully the gelatin and Whey in my smoothie will help with this. Hi Ruth, Interesting you have EDS Ehlers Danlos. I only heard of this connective tissue disease this January when I was having blood tests. The nurse taking my bloods said she suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome and had EDS - I think she mentioned Fibromyalgia too. By looking at this woman I thought her skin looked fine and she was over weight, but what would I know. The stupid doctors I've seen have only said things like "have you been diagnosed with scleroderma?". I wish you well with the continued management of your health, seems we're totally on our own with this. Ruth, I didn't mean to sound short...I should have said "I am sorry to hear you've been diagnosed with EDS". I have trouble expressing myself somewhat these days.
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Post by itchin4answers on Mar 16, 2016 20:51:41 GMT -5
Hi Toni, Hi Itchin, Itchin, sorry for all the crap you have to go through with Doctors, especially when a child is involved. Yes I too believe I have a connective tissue disorder, I think mine is EDS, Ehlers Danlos. I am doing a whole program to heal the gut cause that is where everything starts. It involves taking organic colstrum with a fridge pro-biotic that you make into a paste and hold in your mouth for a minute before swallowing. I will let you know if I have any success. Toni, had an outbreak on my leg about 75 sores and a few on my back since Nov. having been doing your recipe of 2% yogurt and milk. It's about 75% better at this point at 5 days. I will keep it up. Thanks for this one. Again in the beginning your mustard recipe really got rid of the itching so thanks for that one too. I am still working on the skin, added in vitamin C, so I do on different days from the copper. Still trying to improve the sag at my jaw and neck. Hopefully the gelatin and Whey in my smoothie will help with this. Hi Ruth, Interesting you have EDS Ehlers Danlos. I only heard of this connective tissue disease this January when I was having blood tests. The nurse taking my bloods said she suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome and had EDS - I think she mentioned Fibromyalgia too. By looking at this woman I thought her skin looked fine and she was over weight, but what would I know. The stupid doctors I've seen have only said things like "have you been diagnosed with scleroderma?". I wish you well with the continued management of your health, seems we're totally on our own with this.
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Post by itchin4answers on Mar 16, 2016 20:48:27 GMT -5
Hi toni, The medical grade needling has been to try and help with the appearance of the scars on my face. It has helped somewhat with the disfigurement my face isn't so tight in areas. Hi Itchin. I'm replying "in between" yours, because I sure can feel for you, and want to help suggest things you might run by your "derm or surgeon" "if I can". Scars, they come in all kinds of shapes and depths, and depending on 'what kind of scar it is'....well, they need treated differently, which I'm sure you know. If one has a scar "usually more than 2 millimeters in width" usually a punch excision is used as to "remove the binding tissue", and then it's sutured as to bring the skin together to heal so the results become a "flush surface" when the "meat" I call it (grows back). Sometimes with a small scar like that too, subcision can be done, which is a "special needling "under the skin which "roughs it up" and also breaks up the binding tissue that holds it in place, which that also will allow for the "meat" to grow back to a flush surface. Same with "divits" in the skin, (my terminology for all this) but, I think it gets the point across. Divits (I call them) are like "depressed spots" in the skin, not really a "hole", but a shallow bowl shape, and a small width in diameter. Those types of scars also are best "removed" by excising them" and then a suture brings the "skin together" and it heals flush. Also "what they call *ice pick* scars" are another type of scaring. Those look like a pore that's wide open and deep, and those are best removed with what's called The TCA Cross Treatment. They poke a "tooth pick" of all things, (it works though) dipped in TCA (acid) into what looks like a 'fine hole, or large pore" and that "literally eats the walls of that type scar off, so the sides and bottom of that "hole" that is (( less than 2 millimeters wide)) can then release it's binding scar tissue to allow for "the fill in of that hole" and when that heals, the skin becomes flush again. You're saying your face is tight (and YES, that's what the needling) is great for, breaking fibrous tissue that binds the skin, as to allow for a "relaxing of the tissue". Sort of like a cotton fabric, IF one were to use a sewing machine on it, without thread, just the "needling" of that foot by foot square piece of cotton fabric (after needling it over and over) it would literally stretch out to a foot PLUS a few inches. That's the concept behind needling....to relax areas, if repeatedly done. Skin on our face is very "workable" depending on the procedures. Scars that are raised too, above the "dermis", also benefit from needling, as the needling slowly breaks that tissue that "binds" and holds everything in place where we don't want it to hold it.
I do believe my facial appearance is of a connective tissue disease but our doctors have blinders on or say "I don't know you"...easy cop out. I know, it does "seem like that" in the way that "this stuff growing within the skin can literally "hold it in another place" than it's original setting. And then once the "fibrous" tissue is removed, or broken/cut....the skin sure does seem to relax perfectly again. I sure don't know what this garbage is in our skin, or if our "own body" has gone wild from some outside influences, which that is what I do think (outside influences) like GMO, but...something has caused everything to go into "hyper'drive" so I sure can relate. And I know your skin can be fixed to where you're happy about it too. Don't give up. But, make sure you're getting the appropriate treatments for each specific scar. I'm only having a couple more sessions of the medical grade since the needle roller will have to be thrown out. I have been rather slack doing it at home too. I've "only heard" of the home needling "with the roller" and I do believe over years, it could work. Not that I'm saying this here in what I'm about to write is the way to go, but...something I did learn years ago, was "when something regarding our skin" is more than slight, then more aggressive treatment is needed.
I'll give you an example. Many creams "out there" say they can do what a face lift can. Well...IF someone "needed and wanted a *face lift"...with results that exhibited a taut face, well...no cream in the world is going to lift and shrink slack skin. A facelift would then be the route to achieve the "results wanted". But, if someone just wants very superficial wrinkles removed, not slack skin, then a light peel is in order. And if wrinkles are deep, then a deep penetrating peel or laser would be needed. Every "drastic change wanted for instance" needs drastic treatments. But...when the 'problem' isn't drastic, the treatment doesn't need to be drastic. Hope that part makes sense. Maybe if you could send me your facial pic, I might be able to help give you "options to run by your doc"? I'm only saying that because I've been through and learned so much "before Morgs" as I was really into "the skin" and I was lucky enough to experience my "experiences with some really down to earth plastic surgeons that were not only there to collect money, but they shared the why's and how's with me, which is why I just thought they were very special people to begin with. It is painful and anything to do with treating the skin is surrounded by a bag of memories as you know. I've known so many women over the years that had procedures done also, as when one gets into that stuff, we then meet so many on the same paths, and so many had tried so many treatments out there, and it was obvious as to why their particular procedures didn't give them the results they'd dreamed for. But, that's 'imho' because (some) doctors needed to pay off their equipment, like the Thermage, and things like that and the poor unknowing patient was the one footing the bill, and without them getting full satisfactory results.
It's all relatively simply in skin manipulation, and don't let anyone tell you differently. Now, I know you said about the (needling and what it's being used for), but (you doing this at home) with a hand held roller for "binding tissue" within your dermis "cannot" reach that area. Only a qualified aesthetician can, while your skin is numbed, because your skin will bleed profusely when "the procedure to remove" binding tissue is done. The top rolling (at home) is only good for (surface texture) sort of like a (do at home dermabrasion) sort of like a "scrub for exfoliation".I do apply the Neova and can only hope with time my skin does show improvement. Yes, and imho, the Neova works best for helping the skin "repair itself" after any 'procedure that ablates the skin".Hi toni, Thank you for your informative post. I am not under a dermatologist or surgeon. I just see the beautician and have the treatment they offer. No doubt more money down the drain. I will have the next medical grade needling in a couple of weeks but then I think I'll perhaps stop. I did a home needling last night. I get so depressed with it all it seems there is nothing to fix my skin from being placed in positions it never originally was. I saw the Oncologist this morning and I have the low down on the MTHFR gene mutation. This is part of what the genetics people from the Cancer Institute said; The C677T variant in MTHFR is a common variant occurring in approximately 40-50% of the (Caucasian) population. Carrying one copy of this variant usually does not cause adverse health outcomes. There are currently no recommended changes in clinical management based on an MTHFR test result. So the Oncologist wrote a prescription for William and I to take high dose Folinic Acid once a week. I asked him if I should continue to order expensive supplements for William as advised by this doctor we were seeing, he said "no". There was a Lyme segment on the morning show today. I don't usually watch morning TV so I was unlucky to see it. There is a Sydney based doctor saying no Lyme in Australia and those testing positive in Australia is from unaccredited labs. He said people are being misdiagnosed and possibly have MS or non specific migraines. I feel it has been so many years for me that by the time the Government do something I won't even get a looking. I hope for the future of my son. I have to let go of what they didn't do for me all those years back. My damaged skin and looks. The diagnosis of Fibromyalgia has been nothing but a curse to me. I suffer depression, irritable bowel syndrome and have co infections associated with tick borne disease. I hate going to the doctors and feel all these years of ill health have been so damaging and the money I have thrown at doctors on their own agenda peddling nothing but BS. I reckon too Baraka that there is a disease being hidden by the drug companies. How and why this bizarre stuff happening to my skin and still can produce hair is beyond me. It has ruined my life and I hope I can learn to get over the mental damage from a health system worse than a third world country.
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