On the mend

It's been a long time since I last posted so thought I would do an update.

This is a positive update, and things have been going well.

Firstly the Dr Aron regime - I am now 3 months in. This approach has certainly helped me, that is for sure. Each flare up I have is smaller, less severe and shorter than the one before. So much so that I have managed to reduce the applications to where I am currently, which is just once a day. So that is good progress and I am happy about that.

Secondly the low nickel diet - I followed the detox diet to begin with and did 7 weeks without touching any high nickel foods. I then decided to try re-introducing to see what happened. I started with a delicious chocolate pudding....I waited for 4 days to see what happened, and nothing did. Hmmm. So then I tried some tomato, cooked into bolognese sauce. The next day I woke with a couple of blisters on my fingers....I thought maybe I had found my culprit, but then the blisters sort of disappeared again. Interesting though, and tomato is something I will watch closely in future. Then I tried some houmous and waited 4 days...no reaction. Interesting - so, my skin has been better since being on the low nickel diet, but given that I am not reacting when re-introducing food, does this mean the improvement is all down to Dr Aron and this is just co-incidental? I am too nervous to re-introduce all high nickel foods so for now I'm going to continue experimenting.

Finally, on the advice on a Facebook post I started using a Black African Shea Moisture soap whenever I washed my hands. It has all natural ingredients and is definitely very soothing. I also notice that if I have occasional itching on my fingers, using this seems to take care of the itch. Not sure its a miracle product, but overall it is a product I like and will continue to use.

Currently I have been pretty much blister free for 17 days which is a total record for me.