There are a lot of problems that are worse than what I'm about to talk about, but my skin has impacted my life and I wanted to talk about it. It's hard because this isn't a "please pity me" post, it's a post that I want to share to document a challenging time, and hopefully be able to look at later thankful that it ended.
A few months ago I talked about trying to cut gluten of my diet (that was a fail by the way). My acne was getting worse and I was having GI issues so I thought it would help. After not seeing results I started eating gluten again.
I went to a Springfield dermatologist and he diagnosed me with eczema and I started using the topical cream, Eucrisa. From the end of February to now it has just continued to get worse.
It's not just the redness that bothers me, I'm constantly itching. Like all. of. the. time. I even will wake up to me itching my body in my sleep. It's just so frustrating because over the past few months I have done so much research without any answers.
I was able to see my primary care physician two days ago and he said to cut out dairy for 3-4 weeks and see if that helps. He also did blood work to check my thyroid and scan for other autoimmune diseases. I'm hoping that the blood work will come in soon and I'll finally have some answers. As much as I don't want anything to come back wrong, I hope it does so at least I know what's happening with my body. I have a dermatologist appointment coming up this week so I'm hoping they will also help me find some answers.
Obviously my skin problems aren't the worst thing in the world, but they destroy my confidence. I hate constantly having to itch and feel like people are looking at me because of my skin. I want to be able to reclaim my confidence and solving my skin problems would help that so much.
Until next time,
Taylor xx
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