My recent help with using Vitamin E as a topical
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Hey all, I've been meaning tomention that I had used a topical of Vitamin E last year that worked nicely.. and then I forgot to replace it (from th Health food store) for many months. I recently remembered it and I've gotta say that it truly makes things feel better redness has receded and calming to mucosal skin at entrance to vagina.
I was taking a look at it's abilities while updating my regimin today. came across this article. apparently it's sue as a topical for sunscreen protection for instance, needs to have a bit of vitamin C in the formulation.. just for an odd tidbit info.
THE LAST PARAGRAPH is VERY enlightening. yeah, yeah.. i know that scleroderma is not the same thing as lichen sclerosus.. but geesh... things relate somehow somewhere, eh? I hadn't included vitamin E in my original studies because my doctor wasn't so enamored of E for me and my heart .. but why? I'm gong ot have to ask him, since vitamin E is so very well studied for skin, at least.
Scleroderma
Oxidative stress is significantly increased in patients with scleroderma when compared with the healthy controls, suggesting that free radical induced oxidative injury occurs in scleroderma.[42] Antioxidants such as vitamin E might, therefore, be beneficial. Vitamin E is also believed to stabilize lysosomal membranes, potentially inhibiting events involved in the autoimmune process.[21]
Vitamin E supplementation has resulted in improvement in the skin of scleroderma patients, although nondermatological aspects of scleroderma did not improve.[43]
Various components of scleroderma, including morphea, calcinosis cutis, and Raynaud's phenomenon respond to vitamin E.[44] The dose of vitamin E in these reports ranged from 200 to 1200 IU per day.
One patient successfully treated was a 45-year-old man with Raynaud's phenomenon, probable early scleroderma, and ulceration and gangrene of the fingertips. He received 800 IU oral vitamin E daily and applied the vitamin (50 IU per mL) to the ulcerated fingers twice daily. The ulcerations became less painful after two weeks and healed almost completely within one month.[45]
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jody4151 Nancy_K_B
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Kind of makes sense to me. Scleroderma is thickening of the skin (right?) and LS is thinning of the skin, maybe it just works in opposite ways. Can't hurt to try, especially since you are pleased with the results. I know nothing can cure this wretched condition but I use Clobetasol every other day and use an ointment such as A&D, or Neosporin to fill in. I'm open to anything!
SnappyCat jody4151
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Jody, I could be wrong, but what I've been reading says that LS is actually a thickening of the skin...it becomes thick and brittle (think like a scab) that when it breaks, it splits deep...thus, why the steroid doesn't destroy the skin...it actually keeps it thinner..and all the moisturizers keep it supple (again, think scab). If this is true, the connection makes even more sense.
I've be taking vit e oral since I was diagnosed. I also add it to my coconut oil. I don't use it by itself because the smell is a bit much...
Nancy_K_B SnappyCat
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OH, Snappy cat - that's interesting to hear how you've been using it in combination with coconut oil... sort of like my using tumeric essential oil in aloe Vera gel. HOw many iu's of oral E are you taking?
SnappyCat Nancy_K_B
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1000
deethebee Nancy_K_B
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Very interesting. can I ask what form the topical ointment you use comes in, an oil? I am in the UK and would love to start adding vitamin E to my usual daily application and what strength as well.
thanks in advance .
Nancy_K_B deethebee
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Hi Dee,
oh yes, I get it in liquid form in a little bottle. The companies name is JASON, which I can find at my local health food store, but i'm sure it is available through Amazon as well. .... OH! I jsut went to check and indeed there are many companies offering slight variations and better prices than my local health coop - duh.
I've been using the one with 14,000 iu per the little one ounce bottle, but my store also carreis a 28,000 iu. I see now that other companies have 35,000 iu but I didn't check carefully to know if those rates simply reflect higher amount of carrier oils in the bottle...
Thanks for asking; I hope it is healing for you too.
jody4151 Nancy_K_B
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OK, found Jason's on Amazon, but it doesn't contain Vitamin C. You mentioned an article in your first post about Vitamin E, Vitamin C combo. Do you use that or just the Vitamin E?
Nancy_K_B jody4151
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HI Jody,
gosh, I've got a sieve for memory once I research something. I don't remember about having to take C at the same time with E. I'm not seeing the comment you are referring to. BUt for sure, Vitamin C is definitely part of the whole nutritional support for autoimmune illnesses, so if you are taking that , that should be good enough. BY the by, I saw a whole bunch of other brands and some that sounded even better than the Jason. so don't worry about brands.
I was mostly interested in the fact that I had forgotten to include Vitamin E in my daily program. AND today when I went back to rereading things I'd discovered almost 2 years ago - wow - there it was... among other things Vitamin E is required to aid the ABSORPTION of vitamin A...
and you all may remember that what makes taking high doses of vitamin D safe for the long term is that it has been discovered that Vitamin A balances out Vitamin D potential toxicity and vice versa... Grin, so there we are: Vitamin E is necessary part of our healing as well.
SnappyCat says she's been taking 1,000 iu of E since discovering LS. I looked dosages up because of my wonky heart, and see that anything above 400 iu has an increase in heart attack possibility; and none up to 200 iu. I found that my diet give me about 10 iu a day. So for me my personal health issues, I'm going to start adding 200 iu to my protocol. It looks like 400 iu is perfectly helpful as well; snappy cats dosage is apparently the upper tolerable limit from the one article I read.