Started dupixent in January and I was not seeing results like others were saying. The only side effect I was getting was a red face/scalp. I felt dupixent only worked for a max of 8 days before I was itching again.
For the first 1.5 months, I was slowly waning off Cyclosporine which I believe led to my face actually PEELIGN. A lot on my scalp and I couldn’t take this shit much longer.
I’ve also experienced hair loss on the right side of my head. This is the second time this has happened in 3 years. I believe it’s a reaction/side effect to dupixent and getting off cyclosporine.
After 2 days of forcibly wearing a hat to cover my hairloss, I lost my shit and Went to a naturpath, we started doing a food sensitivity test and I lit up.
Yes I know naturopathy isn’t a full fledge science, but when you’ve pumped your body with countless drugs and topical creams for 3 years, you’d do anything.
I had about 42 serious allergens and I believe 25 in the warning section. The big ones were Corn, Garden cress, and candida along with lots of others. Almost every wheat/grain was in red.
At that point, we decided to do a very strict candida like diet for 1 month, then start introducing foods thereafter. No fruit, limited veggies, meat (thank god I can still eat this), no wheats, no grains, no dairy, I also avoided as much wheat/yeast byproducts, corn starch, as I could, but it was difficult. Sushi was the only almost safe food I could eat on the road.
Starch products I was told to reduce by 50% so I only do about 2-3 cups of rice a week.
Literally the only snacks I could find I could eat are pork rinds, and seaweed snacks.
I supplemented that with glutashield and a probiotic, plus antihistamines.
RESULTS:
I’ve slept through almost every night without waking up itchy or sweating. I only wake up to go to the bathroom or if it’s a bit warm in the room, but I dont profusely sweat overnight anymore
My skin is really cleaning up including my leftover scars.
Instead of an estimated 30 mins a day combined itching, it was more like 2-5 minutes. And it’s all very minor itching.
I still put on betaderm on my face and clobetasol on my body as extra help, but holy fuck this diet has helped a lot, although I did lose about 10 pounds.
I believe the food sensitivity test has found the root of the problem, which will take several months to maybe years to fix. Just months Prior to my eczema starting to take off, I was in a workout craze, trying to meet my daily calorie goal. The way I did that was eating a lot and I mean a LOT of potatoes, rice, meat, simple veggies, and lots of pasta.
Yes it wasn’t smart but I clearly wasn’t thinking about the potential side effects.
Interestingly I also has night sweats for about a year prior to my eczema. I did a sleep apnea test that came back negative. So maybe my body was warning me to adjust my
Diet.
This is only 2 weeks in, but I have hope for the first time in a longtime. Now I just need my hair back.