White patches Increasing
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Now been diagnosed 3mnths but suffering for a year now .
I have changed my diet gluten free.
Sugar free, no alcohol, zinc,vit D,B.
I use Derma 500 lotion to wash ( been my saviour)
Spray with bicarb and once per week at the most twice bicarb baths. As i found bathing everyday was too much.
I use Betnovate ointment still twice per day and yes i use petroleum jelly as everything else I have tried makes me sore.
As i am now living in Spain finding it hard to find alternatives although looking online for beeswax.
But itch and white patches initial diagnosis only on clitorus ,I find to my horror after lots of redness and blistering now along inner labia. Does this ever get better if you go into remission ? As I am reading a flare up lasts three to six months and i feel mine has gone on longer 😥
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diana71766 suzie37971
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Guest suzie37971
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Before I was diagnosed by my doctor, I had no idea what was going on down there so I started using olive oil and tea tree oil together applying nightly. I stopped taking baths and went to warm showers. Within a week I felt 100 percent better. I was given club but I rarely use that. I started using castor oil mixed with lavendar and have not had any problems in 3 months. I am a vegetarian so I haven't changed my diet whatsoever. I still enjoy a diet soda daily and have one cup of coffee in the morning with sweetener. Last week I added a teaspoon of coconut oil to the castor and lavendar mixture. I'm quite pleased with the results. I hope you find comfort soon!
jen4377 Guest
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Dear Sonya,
I am interested to know your recipe for the olive oil / tea tree oil and I am also wondering if it was beneficial...
I do cold pressed organic castor oil but I haven't tried adding any lavender. I would be interested in your recipe for that as well. I use a borax spritz with lavender in a spray bottle it works very well as a nice fragrant cleanser, very soothing! As a rule I use it to stay fresh and clean after toileting and just before bedtime.
Thanks!
Guest jen4377
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I have very small Tupperware containers I use to mix everything up and store it for about a week. I use organic castor oil 2 teaspoons and a cap of lavendar oil. As I said I added coconut oil last week, about a teaspoon and mix it all up! I apply with a cotten ball only in the morning and last thing in the evening. And yes no flare and it completely takes the itch away immediately! I am so thankful to have tried this and I am symptom free. I actually went two days last week without applying in the morning. I take a multivitamin for age 50 plus..im 55, I take a b-complex supplement and flaxseed oil capsule daily. That's pretty much my regimine.
Guest jen4377
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Oh I'm sorry I forgot about the tea tree oil! Lol...i have the spray bottle of tea tree oil and I use 2 sprays added to my mixture!
jen4377 Guest
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Wow is it 100% Melaleuca oil? You are not diluting it or mixing it with a carrier oil?
lynn_78641 Guest
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Re castor and coconut oil with lavender oil, what about that proportion? And you apply it the same way?
Do you just alternate using the tea tree/olive oil combo and the castor/coconut/lavender oil once each daily at different times of the day?
Do you just feel relief from the itching or has it helped reduce the fusing or the whiteness?
ethanks!!
lynn_78641 Guest
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Guest lynn_78641
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Hey Lynn
You got it right! 2 sprays of tea tree oil, 2 teaspoons castor oil, cap full of lavendar essential oil and a teaspoon of coconut oil. I apply it with a cotten ball. Its been such a relief for me! The first application and immediate itch relief! I have no burning and no white patches. I never had fusing but from what i understand from others this has helped with fusing. I think it's important to keep that area moisturized! I rarely wear underwear..all commando!
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And as far as whether I alternate with olive/tea tree oil versus the castor/lavendar mix....i started with the olive/tea tree when I was in flare mode and it healed that terrible flare with raw spots in about 2 weeks. Then I finally got an appt with the gyno and she said you have a bit of LS. I told her you should have seen it 2 weeks prior!! She prescribed the steroid clob which I used 2 days and stopped due to burning. I healed so well with olive/teatree mixture. After pouring over blogs and sites like this one, I settled on the castor/lavendar/teatree/coconut oil and haven't looked back!
jen4377 Guest
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Sonya when you say "2 sprays of tea tree oil" I'm not sure how much that would be. Like Lynn I would like to make my own and give it a try! I only have pharmaceutical grade tea tree (melaleuca) oil and it is in a brown bottle and only comes out a drop at a time so how many drops would you recommend? It smells really strong I am wondering if it stings or burns when applied...
Thank you so much!
ellen61061 suzie37971
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When in"over did" things I got folliculitis..feels like blister pain..we need to keep a ph balance and to much cleansing is harsh on the skin already compromised by the steroid. I had an antibiotic ointment for the blisters. Gone in 3 days and my doc said I was using to much of everything. Olive oil or vitamin E for now.
laur3333 suzie37971
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But did you say NO zincs and B vitamins?
suzie37971 laur3333
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No when i visited gynae he was also very matter of fact and no follow ups at all in the Uk.
I am just starting my own business over here so awaiting my cards to register with a Doctor . But also nervous of the language barrier here😬Not an easy subject and as we are all aware not many Doctors understand it 🤦🏻???
I take Zinc and Vitamin B
kalila98903 suzie37971
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Whatever dr you get should schedule you for follow ups. Every patient with LS needs follow ups, probably for the rest of your life.
I hope you find a good dr, there are many out there.