White patches: anyone got a theory?
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Marey posed this question at the bottom of 70-odd responses, so I thought it deserved its own topic.
In psoriasis (my other problem) the scales are 'cheap cells' – the skin is regenerating seven times as fast as normal skin. They pile up so thick that they overheat the layer below, causing itching.
To me the white patch in LS looks like the waterlogged skin of a corpse in murder mystery shows. I joined one of the LS Facebook groups and looked at some of the archived photos members submitted. There was one poor soul who had multiple square feet of white skin and it was wrinkling like wet paper.
I have had the same white patch on one side of my perineum forever. I've had it go pink (normal) several times over this year I've been using Dermovate. When it's pink, it doesn't tear. The more white it is, the more likely to tear.
So, my theory is it's dead cells. Kind of like a blister, but on a much smaller scale, like one cell at a time, so it doesn't just peel off.
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marey Morrell1951
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brilliant description!
with respect to colour energies white and black are opposite but adjacent if seen as a circle possibly? blackened skin is necrotic and dead....it needs to be excised and urgently. so whats going on with white skin? is it a precursor to skin cell death? like a kind of warning?
Morrell1951 marey
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margaret289 Morrell1951
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it is a weird condition.
Morrell1951 margaret289
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barbara54246 Morrell1951
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marey barbara54246
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i've got this red area from being poked with a speculum....
now it seems that thats whats permanent. I did have white spots but can't see them now. GP took a photo may revisit to compare.
but what is the explanation?
sunburn, waterlogging, pre-necrosis, murder mystery....quite a scenario!
Morrell1951 barbara54246
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barbara54246 Morrell1951
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marey Morrell1951
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thinking cholesterol...attempting to repair breakages and leaks normally in blood vessels. mostly we have high cholesterol with LS...but its a defence mechanism....and its the original cause which needs to be addressed not the protective action of cholesterol.
need to think more on these lines. thanks morrell.
margaret289 marey
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Morrell1951 margaret289
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marey margaret289
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Yes its a very interesting one....there are two types of cholesterol generally described one as good and the other as bad...but cholesterol has had a bad press. Actually what cholesterol does primarily is to rush in to seal up collapsed or collapsing cells. Particularly in circumstances of dehydration and in fragile blood vessels (which as we know can go on to form placque....but if there was no intervention those vessels would rupture). It is a vital part of the structure of the cell wall and helps to hold it up. Our cells would collapse without it.
So cholesterol is found at the scene of the crime....(!). And where there is inflammation......which don't forget is also a protective mechanism. Unfairly it gets the blame for the observable injuries when in fact it was helping.
So......buzzzzzzzzzzz whirllllllll .......is increased cholesterol in cases of LS involved with the 'adhesions' which we can get?? Have things gone a bit askew with the helping mechanism?
marey margaret289
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If i have made a boo boo....apologies. What i'm meaning is that whilst raised cholesterol might figure for some, significantly or otherwise, the answer in LS is not the same. Is that coherent?
margaret289 marey
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