Okay, I've told all my friends about it and they can't figure out what it is. I've been using the same detergent for years so idk. My body will itch anywhere I touch 🥹, and I don't even scratch bug bites, but this I cannot leave alone for some reason. I've increased my dosage on the allergy pills to 4 pills a day and even that sometimes doesn't work.
I am a hairy guy , And i Used to shave the skin as everyone do, Before in the start it was not this much maybe a little and then it started expanding , Now its around over the public area we shave , Its been months i am dealing with this and all this itchiness , Help me find some solution for this some cream or anything which helps its inflation , Itching , And make the skin better , Its so dry and whitish with bumps and itching all over
I tried using oil so it could get better but it got worse , And i dont know what to do where to ask feels bad going to the dermatologist and putting my pants down , Help me get a solution for this mates!!
*I gave up after 4 days. The itching was too extreme for me. On antihistamines for life it seems.
I’ve had dermatographia as long as I can remember but it seems to have gotten worse later in life. I saw an allergist and they recommended daily 2nd gen antihistamines. I started taking Zyrtec from Costco daily for 2 years 1 pill a day. It helped a good amount maybe 50% and made the condition much more manageable.
I wanted to stop taking the Zyrtec because of potential side effects like worsening my dry eye or long term issues.
I tapered to half pill a day for a month or so and didn’t notice a big difference in the dermatographism. I was feeling pretty good about tapering and quitting. A day after the final half dose the extreme urticaria began. Now 3 days in and it’s pretty unbearable.
I’m trying to decide if I want to give it a couple of months to see if it clears up. Or if I should try a different supplement like quercetin. Or if I should just accept taking Zyrtec for life.
Normally I have a moderate form where my hands are the worst and it’ll flare up from grabbing things firmly. Lifting weights is particularly bad. But now that I’m withdrawing from Zyrtec my whole body but especially my hands are just going bananas with burning itchy welts. I’m being good about the usual precautions like not scratching, no harsh hot showers or anything like that. But it’s pretty unbearable.
I hate the idea of being medicated for life but I don’t know if I can handle this withdrawal phase. And even if I go back to baseline it was pretty hard to live with then.
Maybe some folks have gone through what I have. I’ve seen people who went all in on medication and injections with some success but I just prefer not to take anything if I can help it. I think I’m losing the battle though.
I know there was a post about this a bit ago, but I’m trying to find some solutions for this.
As someone with dermatographia myself, I joined to seek out a community and see if there’s any more solutions that could work for me. The problem is that I very rarely see posts actually related to dermatographia and it’s getting a little frustrating. I think a lot of people mix this up with the dermatology subreddit, because it seems to never be dermatographia that people are seeking answers for.
Also the posts of people asking if they have it when it either very clearly is/isn’t is getting tiring as well but at least in topic.
Is there a way to crack down more on the completely non related posts? Maybe the mods could help out?
How interesting??