Zinc + Skin
Hi All, hEDS/POTS/Mast cell issuer here.
Pre info:
A few weeks ago i started taking Zinc on a whim because i saw a social media person talking about how it helped eczema for them. I thought this was a fairly low risk try out, since the biggest issue is copper deficiency with zinc supplementation, and gave it a go. ( i have eczema on my vulva that flares every cycle, and it pops up on various other parts of my body less predictably, but most often on my elbows and feet)
Current status:
My cyclical eczema has not fully resolved, HOWEVER, the very aggressive rosacea (papular, peeling skin, redness and stinging and burning) on my face has highly calmed down. Since i started taking the zinc, i saw the pre published info on the faulty zinc transporter. This was not the initial determining factor of taking the supplement, but now that I've seen it i find it highly interesting.
Other things that seem to have resolved: I did not get wild night sweats before my period this month. My normal pre period fever only climbed to 37.5 vs 38 degrees. I have had almost no constipation since a few days after taking the zinc.
Could i have had a zinc issue all along? has anyone else had anything similar? Or have I placebo affected this i my own head? Im leaning no, because this wasn't what i was expecting to happen. Ive been gaslit so much by drs, i can't tell when i am actually seeing improvement etc.
i have attached two photos of my skin, these are taken almost a month apart (like 29 days) a few days before my period. It seems most of the bumps and redness are things that haven't fully healed from last month, nothing really new. What do you think? Are well all missing zinc? lol
