Diet for lichen planus

Hiya, I was diagnosed just over a year ago and have tried everything - it was pretty much all over my body, my head/face/scalp remains clear.  I still have to daily use a steroid cream on my 'lady bits/bottom' and this seems to be a permanent not matter what I try...but everywhere else on my body I have managed to control I think through diet, I have spent hours researching online and I try and follow the Paleo diet which is no wheat, no dairy, no sugar, no starch,  nothing processed.  It was really hard at first but has now become a way of life and means that I very very rarely itch or get a a new blister...My oral LP flares up occasionally but that is definitely sugar (when I take a break from the diet) and through stress (which I originally scoffed at but have seen with my own eyes my skin change when under stress)...I also take a cocktail of vitamins including the arsenicum album to make up for lost vitamins though food..but have to say on the whole it's worked...I use aqueous cream as a showergel/moisturiser...the only thing I hate now are the hideous dark marks left by the steriod cream/original LP...am seriously hoping that I'm going to be a 2 year cycle story and that in a years time will be free of this crappy disease that no-one seems to know about nor do any serious research into!

I retired in December of 2012 and have been (what I consider to be) stress-free ever since.  My job required global travel, so maybe I need a little more action in my life.  Sometimes I suppose stress can be due to a life change, such as retirement.

Good morning fellow lp suffers. I excluded wheat/gluten 4 years ago.it did stop my o.l.p.for a time.however, I am now popping out in itchy flat topped spots all over. I undergo a humiliating "going over" with steroid cream daily......but the more we treat the more lil buggers arrive..interesting point... My mum had lp.i have lp.my daughter now has it, yet I was assured it is not hereditary. 

I do thank the doctor in max fac whe told me BROW.....barley rye oats and wheat.,which makes it easier to remember the never eat items.

so now, working on cheese,I shall give up my daily cheese on toast.

For me it's eggs, eggplant and pepper. And as others said STRESS . And unexpectedly exercising hard caused recurrence of LP for me 

 

Hi, everyone. It's been a while since I commented. I went to an osteopathic physician, who drew a lot of blood and identified several nutrient deficiencies along the way. She removed dairy, corn, eggs, alcohol (although I sometimes cheat on that), wheat, and most other grains, also most fruit and meat, from my diet. It has been a slog, but my general health is better. One thing I've realized is that cheese is a problem in our bodies, period. One other thing I've concluded is that processed foods are poisonous to our minds and bodies. Considering un-pasteurized dairy at some point, but trying to follow the diet (for the most part) for now. I began to eat some spicier foods, and guess what, the OLP began to come back. So I am back with the mouthwash twice a day and spot-treatment with fluocininide. My oral pathologist says it's better to get back on track now than wait until it's full-blown. Of course, she's right. I observe my 90-year-old mother's inability to manage even one pill/day and wonder if I could possibly keep up this regimen if I live that long!

I was diagnosed with OLP a couple of years ago and ended up having it flare up into an oral cancer. It's exasperating that there is so little useful information available.

One thing that does seem to be helping is Lycopene, which should be purchasable without a prescription. Some research indicates that patients with OLP have a deficiency that Lycopene helps.

Spicy foods are also a no-no... which is difficult for me because I love Indian and Jamaican food. But it's not worth the hassle. I *have* seen a number of recommendation to avoid anything from the nightshade family (tomatoes, potatoes, peppers), which would also tie into the spicy food because it's primarily nightshade based.

Good luck to all of you!

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Hai I have affected with lycan planus since 2015 January and I have tried corticosteroids and subsidised a lot however I think diet and stress is the contributing factor ...still I have this problem again ...I think the nuts sea fish etc are at risk diet ...aby suggestions please help .....

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