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Im 14, and I have found a few scars on my face. The first scar I noticed was when I was in 5th grade and there was a scar on my forehead that grew from one little scar. Its been 4 years since. and only now am I getting scars again. How long do the scars take to fade/disappear?
On 2/5/2021 at 11:29 PM, boafriend said:Pushing this thread again. I continue to spontaneously scar, and am turning to peels from MUAC to hopefully lessen the damage. Any updates from anyone? 2021 will be my 8th year with this disease.
Hi Boafriend,
I spoke a few months back. I have the same issue and have put it down to gut issues. Leaky gut or the use of accutane that's destroyed my gut (in ur case possibly your food poisoning).
I have been trying to eat healthy and take my prebiotics but it seems to be a very slow recovery process. I'm not sure my scarring has stop as I try not to worry and look to much but I do think I see some improvement of the depth of scars on my face. They are still there but require a more harsh lighting angle to see. That's on my left side. My right side seems to be stagnant with regards to getting better but the hope is there for us all that if ppl say they can go away then we can work to get rid of them. Im going to try going on a meat free diet and taking apple cider vinegar and honey every day.
I truly believe its mostly down to your gut. Also, jmd is right when he says dont worry about it as I also believe it makes it
39 minutes ago, Wingman1 said:Hi Boafriend,
I spoke a few months back. I have the same issue and have put it down to gut issues. Leaky gut or the use of accutane that's destroyed my gut (in ur case possibly your food poisoning).
I have been trying to eat healthy and take my prebiotics but it seems to be a very slow recovery process. I'm not sure my scarring has stop as I try not to worry and look to much but I do think I see some improvement of the depth of scars on my face. They are still there but require a more harsh lighting angle to see. That's on my left side. My right side seems to be stagnant with regards to getting better but the hope is there for us all that if ppl say they can go away then we can work to get rid of them. Im going to try going on a meat free diet and taking apple cider vinegar and honey every day.
I truly believe its mostly down to your gut. Also, jmd is right when he says dont worry about it as I also believe it makes it
Someone on Reddit PM-ed me in responseto my thread about this, and he has the exact same issues as me, even down to the neurological oddities. We went through someof our old bloodwork and found our TSH levels were always on the lower end throughout the years. But docs dont do shit because the measurement, altho low, is within their range. This guy says he believes he and I both have hyperthyroidism, which apparently can also cause loss and destruction of collagen in the skin.
The gut thing I have heard but its just hard to get help. And I disagree with not worrying about AMVC it is your damn face, deteriorating and worsening over time. I dont know how one can not worry about it and just ignore it or not face the reality of it.
6 hours ago, boafriend said:Someone on Reddit PM-ed me in responseto my thread about this, and he has the exact same issues as me, even down to the neurological oddities. We went through someof our old bloodwork and found our TSH levels were always on the lower end throughout the years. But docs dont do shit because the measurement, altho low, is within their range. This guy says he believes he and I both have hyperthyroidism, which apparently can also cause loss and destruction of collagen in the skin.
The gut thing I have heard but its just hard to get help. And I disagree with not worrying about AMVC it is your damn face, deteriorating and worsening over time. I dont know how one can not worry about it and just ignore it or not face the reality of it.
Yea, its very difficult to just forget but worrying and having it effect your entire life is not healthy. Not for you mentally or your skin so you end up in a vicious cycle.
At the end of the day your skin doesn't define who you are, it doesn't make you ugly or less attractive as people who look at you most likely wont even notice. I can remember when this all started I though my cousin had great skin then when I started looking,cause I was paranoid, I noticed that he 2 has small open pores n small acne marks that I just never noticed before because I wasn't looking for it. You posted a picture a few months back and tbh your skin looks pretty good to me. Maybe not to you but I promise it's not as bad adsyou think. People today are constantly looking at beautiful ppl with perfect skin, perfect waist, perfect teeth on tv and social media but it's all bullshit man.
Try and snap out of your cycle of looking in the mirror constantly, worrying, eat healthy, get good sleep, drink plenty water and entertain yourself and you're skin will respond.
1 minute ago, Wingman1 said:Yea, its very difficult to just forget but worrying and having it effect your entire life is not healthy. Not for you mentally or your skin so you end up in a vicious cycle.
At the end of the day your skin doesn't define who you are, it doesn't make you ugly or less attractive as people who look at you most likely wont even notice. I can remember when this all started I though my cousin had great skin then when I started looking,cause I was paranoid, I noticed that he 2 has small open pores n small acne marks that I just never noticed before because I wasn't looking for it. You posted a picture a few months back and tbh your skin looks pretty good to me. Maybe not to you but I promise it's not as bad adsyou think. People today are constantly looking at beautiful ppl with perfect skin, perfect waist, perfect teeth on tv and social media but it's all bullshit man.
Try and snap out of your cycle of looking in the mirror constantly, worrying, eat healthy, get good sleep, drink plenty water and entertain yourself and you're skin will respond.
I appreciate your positivity, but this is different for everyone. I care about my looks and always have. I feel like a monster. I have lost all confidence.
12 minutes ago, boafriend said:I appreciate your positivity, but this is different for everyone. I care about my looks and always have. I feel like a monster. I have lost all confidence.
Dude..... pull yourself together. Your not a monster. I have seen your skin. ITS NOT THAT BAD.
If it was that bad I wouldn't say anything. I promise broyour seeing things that are worse than you think.
4 hours ago, Wingman1 said:Dude..... pull yourself together. Your not a monster. I have seen your skin. ITS NOT THAT BAD.
If it was that bad I wouldn't say anything. I promise bro your seeing things that are worse than you think.
I don't know how you can be so positive about something this destructive. THIS is not "not that bad."
11 hours ago, boafriend said:This guy says he believes he and I both have hyperthyroidism, which apparently can also cause loss and destruction of collagen in the skin.
Just wanna point out, from all the papers written on the subject of AMVC, the culprit lies with elastin not collagen.
5 hours ago, boafriend said:I don't know how you can be so positive about something this destructive. THIS is not "not that bad."
Dude its not as bad as you think it is. Honestly, you are far from being a monster.
I can tell you are using harsh lighting but you can make anyone's skin look uneven with it.
I swear bro you need to grab your balls n give them a shake. Im not saying stop caring about your skin but DONT LET IT TAKE OVER YOUR LIFE. Its not bad enough for that.
Hi All,
I have to be brutally honest. My skin looked like all of these pictures, I feel myself in the anecdotes, I absolutely get it. It is really really really hard to deal with. I am TELLING YOU, I am absolutely telling you. If you make a decision, as hard as it is, to stay out of the mirror and relax and just get on a regular skincare routine i.e. just a cleanser and a good moisturizer like cetaphil or cerave twice a day and just make the decision to relax and focus on yourself, stay out of the damn mirror outside of applying lotion and in 2 weeks I guarantee you will look at your face and say "wow that looks better actually". Stress, anxiety (I have plenty of both by the way which I learned and I manage them! And im not ashamed lol), other individual stressors i.e. mine are like dairy, hot weather, being dehydrated are going to make your face look so much worse and most importantly keep your face from calming down finally and healing itself. Yea I still have some shallow scars for sure and some days I can see them because they're red and im stressed and somedays I can't because I feel good. You aren't going to make your face look like a washboard ever but you will get used to incremental improvements.
You have to be ready to lose the battle some days but if you let your skin relax and have a chance to actually heal then you will win the war.
A lot of this sounds like bullshit but I'm serious. If there was any cure to make skin perfect we would use it - there isn't, unfortunately. @Boafriend - Seriously man. You have been on this post since the beginning and you need to just relax and maintain a normal skin routine and relax for like 3 weeks. Don't allow yourself to obsess over your skin. We're in a covid world, order or eat some healthy food, get a little sunlight, and just watch netflix, relax, get good sleep, drink a lot of water, have a couple drinks lol (not a trigger for me but I know its a common one, it helps me relax), play video games, just take some time to be like "I want to just care about myself for a few weeks and see what happens". If it doesnt look any better after that then come back but I guarantee you that you will see some benefit, maybe even like 5-10% but that will help fuel you to keep at it and see more.
I don't know, I'm rambling and I know how frustrating and depressing it is but I would really encourage you to start from the ground up and fix your own routine before you pursue some other lotions or drugs etc. I've been down all of those roads before.
And also @boafriendjust looking at your skin man like I have and had a lot of the same stuff going on. You can email me on the side if you want. If I take a flash camera to my skin you can see a lot of the same stuff going on underneath my cheek skin, its there dormant but it doesn't mean its always visible. Put a flash camera on anybody you know and I bet you see a lot of imperfections that you would never notice or don't manifest themselves in normal light.
3 minutes ago, jmd1568 said:Hi All,
I have to be brutally honest. My skin looked like all of these pictures, I feel myself in the anecdotes, I absolutely get it. It is really really really hard to deal with. I am TELLING YOU, I am absolutely telling you. If you make a decision, as hard as it is, to stay out of the mirror and relax and just get on a regular skincare routine i.e. just a cleanser and a good moisturizer like cetaphil or cerave twice a day and just make the decision to relax and focus on yourself, stay out of the damn mirror outside of applying lotion and in 2 weeks I guarantee you will look at your face and say "wow that looks better actually". Stress, anxiety (I have plenty of both by the way which I learned and I manage them! And im not ashamed lol), other individual stressors i.e. mine are like dairy, hot weather, being dehydrated are going to make your face look so much worse and most importantly keep your face from calming down finally and healing itself. Yea I still have some shallow scars for sure and some days I can see them because they're red and im stressed and somedays I can't because I feel good. You aren't going to make your face look like a washboard ever but you will get used to incremental improvements.
You have to be ready to lose the battle some days but if you let your skin relax and have a chance to actually heal then you will win the war.
A lot of this sounds like bullshit but I'm serious. If there was any cure to make skin perfect we would use it - there isn't, unfortunately. @Boafriend - Seriously man. You have been on this post since the beginning and you need to just relax and maintain a normal skin routine and relax for like 3 weeks. Don't allow yourself to obsess over your skin. We're in a covid world, order or eat some healthy food, get a little sunlight, and just watch netflix, relax, get good sleep, drink a lot of water, have a couple drinks lol (not a trigger for me but I know its a common one, it helps me relax), play video games, just take some time to be like "I want to just care about myself for a few weeks and see what happens". If it doesnt look any better after that then come back but I guarantee you that you will see some benefit, maybe even like 5-10% but that will help fuel you to keep at it and see more.
I don't know, I'm rambling and I know how frustrating and depressing it is but I would really encourage you to start from the ground up and fix your own routine before you pursue some other lotions or drugs etc. I've been down all of those roads before.
I appreciate your time in being positive. To start, I already have a very simple routine, and have had for years. Simple cleanser, no-frills moisturizer, and a strong SPF. I have a light essence after washing but outside of the norm, that is it. I exfoliate once a month or ~3 weeks with a salicylic acid/mandelic acid peel from Makeup Artists Choice. I recently bought a serum-oil that I first used early on when my random scarring started, that had helped completelyget rid of a linear scar that randomly formed. I only use it at night. That's it.
My only happiness has been exactly as you described -- tuning it out with movies and shit and music. But at the end of the day, you are back to reality.
You have to understand there are no small victories. I've lived the past 2 years hardly looking in the mirror and I feel ROBBED. I don't have the natural right that every other person has. To stop and look in the mirror in a store or in the car and not feel like a monster. Also, even if I don'tlook in the mirror for a long time, the next time that I do, I will discover scarring I didn't notice before. I can't live a normal life. I'm scared of harsh angled lighting or overhead lighting in restaurants and stores and how horrendous my skin looks. I can't be normal anymore because I've lost the ability to. All I want is a normal face. No spontaneous scarring. But I can't.
It doesn't and hasn't gotten better for me. Even when I'm not thinking of it, it has already affected me and diminished my self-confidence.
2 minutes ago, jmd1568 said:Also do not use Peels lol for real. For sensitive skin like we have it is not a good option and the science behind it is junk
Then what can we do? We literally have nothing we can do to try improving our skin. There are no other options to healing your skin. Everywhereyou go, it's lasers and peels and microneedling. Using a simple skincare routine will not heal any of your scars.
Just now, boafriend said:Then what can we do? We literally have nothing we can do to try improving our skin. There are no other options to healing your skin. Everyone you go, it's lasers and peels and microneedling. Using a simple skincare routine will not heal any of your scars.
One sec, I'll quote reply your last post
3 minutes ago, boafriend said:I appreciate your time in being positive. To start, I already have a very simple routine, and have had for years. Simple cleanser, no-frills moisturizer, and a strong SPF. I have a light essence after washing but outside of the norm, that is it. I exfoliate once a month or ~3 weeks with a salicylic acid/mandelic acid peel from Makeup Artists Choice. I recently bought a serum-oil that I first used early on when my random scarring started, that had helped completelyget rid of a linear scar that randomly formed. I only use it at night. That's it.
My only happiness has been exactly as you described -- tuning it out with movies and shit and music. But at the end of the day, you are back to reality.
You have to understand there are no small victories. I've lived the past 2 years hardly looking in the mirror and I feel ROBBED. I don't have the natural right that every other person has. To stop and look in the mirror in a store or in the car and not feel like a monster. Also, even if I don'tlook in the mirror for a long time, the next time that I do, I will discover scarring I didn't notice before. I can't live a normal life. I'm scared of harsh angled lighting or overhead lighting in restaurants and stores and how horrendous my skin looks. I can't be normal anymore because I've lost the ability to. All I want is a normal face. No spontaneous scarring. But I can't.
It doesn't and hasn't gotten better for me. Even when I'm not thinking of it, it has already affected me and diminished my self-confidence.
Again I'm going to be brutally honest:
1.) I've lived the past 2 years hardly looking in the mirror - Not trying to be an asshole but I do not believe you.
2.)To stop and look in the mirror in a store or in the car and not feel like a monster. - Like I said above haha, my advice doesnt just apply to home mirrors.
3.) I'm scared of harsh angled lighting or overhead lighting in restaurants and stores and how horrendous my skin looks. - Forget about mirrors my man, for real for like 3 weeks. There are no mirrors when you're sitting at a restaurant table outside of the ones you create in your own mind. I know exactly exactly exactly how you feel though, don't think I havent been there. I got sushi once with my friend and took my car keys and left because I went to the bathroom twice to look at my skin and then let my imagination take over when I sat back down. Did it look bad at the table? Yea probably but it didn't look better because I got stressed and my face got heated and looked even worse than it would have if I just ignored it.
4.) I can tell you this right now, a jmd guarantee lol if you will.I do not have any MORE spontaneous scarring. Period.Because I don't overstress my skin and awaken past scars that I got from accutane that didn't manifest themselves until my later 20's. Now I just have my old scars that are healing but like I said, on a day to day basislookworse if I'm stressed or look better if I'm cool, and calm.
5.) I'm not trying to diagnose you with anything but I can tell you this now, without shame, I take anxiety meds. Mostly work related, the changes I made to focus on staying calm for my skin happened a couple years before this but my skin started flaring up and getting hot as I started getting more responsibility at work. Those meds have definitely helped on both fronts, just make me a little sleepy.
You will get through it man. I take a lot of notes in my phone, like literally Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs etc etc notes on stuff I have to do and things to focus on to reduce my stress. Everybody has their own route, and maybe I am an outlier but I'm an engineering major lol I know math and I doubt that's the case. You need to accept where you are at now, its not your preferred state I'm sure but you can improve every day if you get through that first 2-3 week month hump. I remember the moment when I decided that I wasn't going to let this beat me into a pulp. I remember the movie I watched, who was there. I'll always remember it. You just need to find that moment, I would love if that moment was now.
21 minutes ago, jmd1568 said:One sec, I'll quote reply your last post
Again I'm going to be brutally honest:
1.) I've lived the past 2 years hardly looking in the mirror - Not trying to be an asshole but I do not believe you.
2.)To stop and look in the mirror in a store or in the car and not feel like a monster. - Like I said above haha, my advice doesnt just apply to home mirrors.
3.) I'm scared of harsh angled lighting or overhead lighting in restaurants and stores and how horrendous my skin looks. - Forget about mirrors my man, for real for like 3 weeks. There are no mirrors when you're sitting at a restaurant table outside of the ones you create in your own mind. I know exactly exactly exactly how you feel though, don't think I havent been there. I got sushi once with my friend and took my car keys and left because I went to the bathroom twice to look at my skin and then let my imagination take over when I sat back down. Did it look bad at the table? Yea probably but it didn't look better because I got stressed and my face got heated and looked even worse than it would have if I just ignored it.
4.) I can tell you this right now, a jmd guarantee lol if you will.I do not have any MORE spontaneous scarring. Period.Because I don't overstress my skin and awaken past scars that I got from accutane that didn't manifest themselves until my later 20's. Now I just have my old scars that are healing but like I said, on a day to day basislookworse if I'm stressed or look better if I'm cool, and calm.
5.) I'm not trying to diagnose you with anything but I can tell you this now, without shame, I take anxiety meds. Mostly work related, the changes I made to focus on staying calm for my skin happened a couple years before this but my skin started flaring up and getting hot as I started getting more responsibility at work. Those meds have definitely helped on both fronts, just make me a little sleepy.
You will get through it man. I take a lot of notes in my phone, like literally Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs etc etc notes on stuff I have to do and things to focus on to reduce my stress. Everybody has their own route, and maybe I am an outlier but I'm an engineering major lol I know math and I doubt that's the case. You need to accept where you are at now, its not your preferred state I'm sure but you can improve every day if you get through that first 2-3 week month hump. I remember the moment when I decided that I wasn't going to let this beat me into a pulp. I remember the movie I watched, who was there. I'll always remember it. You just need to find that moment, I would love if that moment was now.
I was gonna respond to each point but am strugglingto finish work at 9:30pm and it's not worth it. I've had this for EIGHT years. You don't know what I have been through (not sure how long your suffering with this was). I have always caredabout my looks so this has destroyed mysoul. If you don't have spontaneous scarring anymore, then you are lucky. You're one of the lucky ones for whom it stopped for -- but it hasn't for me. For a brief few years it did seem to stop (2014-2017) but it came back in 2018 and has ravaged me since then. I'm notgonna go on meds. I also have had neurological sensations that started after my spontaneous scarring did, so my situation is much different than yours. That also has been eight years of hell.
Maybe I'll find my peace someday. Maybe I won't. My issue is this obvious disease is just being allowed to go on with no help from any medical professionals. No one cares or takes it seriously. Who is going to help and take initiative to run more studies on it to find out what causes it? Are we just going to allow this to spring up in later generations with more people dying in depression? It's hopeless, dude. Glad you have found your peace but not everyone isbuilt like you.
11 minutes ago, boafriend said:I was gonna respond to each point but am strugglingto finish work at 9:30pm and it's not worth it. I've had this for EIGHT years. You don't know what I have been through (not sure how long your suffering with this was). I have always caredabout my looks so this has destroyed mysoul. If you don't have spontaneous scarring anymore, then you are lucky. You're one of the lucky ones for whom it stopped for -- but it hasn't for me. For a brief few years it did seem to stop (2014-2017) but it came back in 2018 and has ravaged me since then. I'm notgonna go on meds. I also have had neurological sensations that started after my spontaneous scarring did, so my situation is much different than yours. That also has been eight years of hell.
Maybe I'll find my peace someday. Maybe I won't. My issue is this obvious disease is just being allowed to go on with no help from any medical professionals. No one cares or takes it seriously. Who is going to help and take initiative to run more studies on it to find out what causes it? Are we just going to allow this to spring up in later generations with more people dying in depression? It's hopeless, dude. Glad you have found your peace but not everyone isbuilt like you.
Maybe we are connected in the neurological sensation way. I have metal plates in my orbital bones after getting my ass kicked in Australia while studying abroad, I've thought about it before as this was a couple years before the scarring started happening. I have numbness or sort of a "pins and needles" feelingin my cheeks somewhat frequently because of it. Not sure if you have anything similar.
Just now, jmd1568 said:Maybe we are connected in the neurological sensation way. I have metal plates in my orbital bones after getting my ass kicked in Australia while studying abroad, I've thought about it before as this was a couple years before the scarring started happening. I have numbness or sort of a "pins and needles" feelingin my cheeks somewhat frequently because of it. Not sure if you have anything similar.
Again, just trying to provide my experience to try and help someone or anyone but everyone is so different genetically, mentally, in this example neurologically lol its hard to provide a 1:1 solution to anyone. I will say this AMVC disease that this forum is based on man, I have seen some of the cases of of it that are diagnosed and I'm going to be real with you. You do not have that disease. You have scarring that needs healing and you need to take care of yourself - physically with just good lotions, a little vitamin C serum, cleanser and most important mentally. However you find that peace is up to you but you have been battling the forums way too long. You need to look internally and find peace and your peace with your skin will come after that.
I'm going to bed. I will check back in after 6 months, I don't want to obsess over these skin forums like I have in the past.
23 minutes ago, jmd1568 said:Maybe we are connected in the neurological sensation way. I have metal plates in my orbital bones after getting my ass kicked in Australia while studying abroad, I've thought about it before as this was a couple years before the scarring started happening. I have numbness or sort of a "pins and needles" feelingin my cheeks somewhat frequently because of it. Not sure if you have anything similar.
Again, just trying to provide my experience to try and help someone or anyone but everyone is so different genetically, mentally, in this example neurologically lol its hard to provide a 1:1 solution to anyone. I will say this AMVC disease that this forum is based on man, I have seen some of the cases of of it that are diagnosed and I'm going to be real with you. You do not have that disease. You have scarring that needs healing and you need to take care of yourself - physically with just good lotions, a little vitamin C serum, cleanser and most important mentally. However you find that peace is up to you but you have been battling the forums way too long. You need to look internally and find peace and your peace with your skin will come after that.
I'm going to bed. I will check back in after 6 months, I don't want to obsess over these skin forums like I have in the past.
I haven't had metals put in my body and have undergone a shit ton of tests that have found nothing. I have random twitching in my body and my face/scalp is most severe. Zip-zap prickling sensations. Fasciculations. Think of a bug jumping around. I also have random sharp pains throughout my body for no reason.
I appreciate your help and positivity. You have to understand I come back on thread so much to keep pushing with the hope that someone will find something one day. I have written about my struggles on Reddit and Realself and have had may people contact me throughout the past 2 years on Reddit, saying they have the exact same issues as me (mostly the scarring, not the neurological). I just keep thinking my skin and neurological issues are connected but no one can tell me what it is. Some guy on Reddit went down a rabbit hole with me about high blood pressure and possible hyperthyroidism causing all this. I just want peace.
On 4/5/2021 at 10:08 PM, boafriend said:I haven't had metals put in my body and have undergone a shit ton of tests that have found nothing. I have random twitching in my body and my face/scalp is most severe. Zip-zap prickling sensations. Fasciculations. Think of a bug jumping around. I also have random sharp pains throughout my body for no reason.
I appreciate your help and positivity. You have to understand I come back on thread so much to keep pushing with the hope that someone will find something one day. I have written about my struggles on Reddit and Realself and have had may people contact me throughout the past 2 years on Reddit, saying they have the exact same issues as me (mostly the scarring, not the neurological). I just keep thinking my skin and neurological issues are connected but no one can tell me what it is. Some guy on Reddit went down a rabbit hole with me about high blood pressure and possible hyperthyroidism causing all this. I just want peace.
Are you referring to a linear vertical scar on the right side of your face that's spontaneous? Or the acne scars? I do see a slight vertical line located between your nose and the spotlight on your cheek, that goes downward from there. But it's slight.
My guess, is that your skin scars easily. Did you ever scratch your face by accident, or unknowingly possibly even during sleep? But a scratch usually won't leave a verticalscar unless it was something traumatic. Or did you ever notice new vertical scars after a chemical peel?
I read your previous post about possibly having fungus on the skin. I don't know if this is the case but you can try gently rubbing a copper material like a copper coin on your face or just gently press against it for severalminutes. Copper is known to kill various sorts of microbes and bacteria, and including fungus. There's stories of people rubbing a copper penny on warts and they disappeared, and people with athletes foot getting cured wearingsocks that contain copper.
On 4/9/2021 at 8:20 PM, acnescarcure said:
Are you referring to a linear vertical scar on the right side of your face that's spontaneous? Or the acne scars? I do see a slight vertical line located between your nose and the spotlight on your cheek, that goes downward from there. But it's slight.
My guess, is that your skin scars easily. Did you ever scratch your face by accident, or unknowingly possibly even during sleep? But a scratch usually won't leave a verticalscar unless it was something traumatic. Or did you ever notice new vertical scars after a chemical peel?
I read your previous post about possibly having fungus on the skin. I don't know if this is the case but you can try gently rubbing a copper material like a copper coin on your face or just gently press against it for severalminutes. Copper is known to kill various sorts of microbes and bacteria, and including fungus. There's stories of people rubbing a copper penny on warts and they disappeared, and people with athletes foot getting cured wearingsocks that contain copper.
I'm not sure which image I posted that you're referring to, as I have posted many in here throughout the years. I have had a line near my left eyebrow (right eyebrow in pics)...that line comes and goes on its own. The random nasolabial fold I posted about has gone away on its own. It spawned randomly on its own too.
Again, my concern, like with many others here, is the acne scarring that is spontaneous. They form without the presence of any trauma or known pimples forming. I have also noticed that yes, I can scar easily too, unfortunately. Places where a small comeodones (thanks, mask-wearing) formed and didn't come out...some of those can leave little divots.
My observations this past year are that my chin and jaw area are forming a lot of random dents, my right cheek has formed a tons of little divots (I've even seen divots form atop two rolling scars I've had pre-AMVC), and my forehead has had tiny divots form.
The fungus thing I posted about was from 2013 or so and a skin scraping was done to test for anything but it came back negative. I have not rubbed a copper coin against my face and don't know how sanitary that would even be.
Hi guys,
Just an update. I'm going for a dermabrasion session (probably 3 actually) I'll let uz know how I get on.
I'm also starting an elimination diet for vit A. This will be my diet for a month:
- Beef (salt n pepper only)
- white or brown rice
- Egg whites
- cashew nuts
- olive oil
- water
I'm going on this for a month. This is a crazy diet I know but trying to eliminate vit A as I believe most of us here (whether we have been on accutane or not) have chronic vit A toxicity.
If this works I'll slowly add foods that have 0 or low vitamin A.
3 minutes ago, Wingman1 said:Have you ever been tested for a vitamin deficiency?
I few years ago I got tested for vitamin b12 deficiency and I got supplements for it. I thought at the time it made my rosacea worse soni stopped taking it. However, I came across and paper on AMVC the other day that mentioned vit b12 deficiency(I cannot find the paper on it for some reason) as a possible cause.
I have. Tests indicate I am within range but possibly on the lower range of the scale. I took B12 orally for a month or so but felt no real improvement. And I worry too about B12 supplements because it can aggravate acne too. And I have ever heard of any paper stating an actual possible cause for AMVC. If you find whatever you claim to have seen this in, please link it here.
2 hours ago, boafriend said:I have. Tests indicate I am within range but possibly on the lower range of the scale. I took B12 orally for a month or so but felt no real improvement. And I worry too about B12 supplements because it can aggravate acne too. And I have ever heard of any paper stating an actual possible cause for AMVC. If you find whatever you claim to have seen this in, please link it here.
Sorry I found the paper but it was actually for another skin condition. I just read it wrong. Sorry.
My thoughts still stand on this tho as I did read another article that may explain your tingling and twitching... possibly.
She also has an issue with her body not being able to absorb b12. Dont think she suffered AMVC but I would add that this goes majorly under reported so she could have but just never noticed it.