Your finger nails with LS
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I'm curious, do your finger nails have clearly defined ridges on them? Apparently its a sign of Lichen Planus. I just wondered because they only appeared some time this year for me, when I was diagnosed with Lichen Schlerosus...
They dont cause any problems but I cant help but wonder why this condition would effect your finger nails.
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winifred02134 Guppy007
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nakedphil winifred02134
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janet62990 Guppy007
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yes I have ridges on my nails and pitting as well.
I have been using a strong steroid cream for a week now after my initial diagnosis and things seem to be getting better but I am still itchy on my bits. Will this stop? What stops the progression of your bits seizing up? Is it the control of the condition? Or will it happen anyway even if you get the condition under control? Thanks x
Holiday_girl janet62990
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Jeepers janet62990
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Mine started 12 years ago and I was very quickly having shrinking and fusing andintolerable itching, and it wasn't long till I was given dermovate, thank goodness, for itch relief.
Even now I still have to use it twice a week.
To answer Janet's question - can you stop or control it, I have read many ladies saying you can control it with steroid ointment and barriers and emu oil etc, but personally mine seemed hell-bent on achieving its goal of fusing whatever I did.
You can certainly control how it affects you though i.e. learn what is the best way for you to manage yours.
LS does not seem to follow the same pattern with everybody, so you need to try things out and see what suits you.
Click on "Related Information - lichen sclerosus" below left if you would like more information Janet.
Morrell1951 janet62990
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Certainly use the vaseline or other oily shortening-textured stuff between applications of the Dermovate. Just give it half an hour to soak in before slathering stuff on. We don't want the ultra-potent steroid ozzing onto perfectly healthy skin. LS skin is thick and needs thinning, but healthy skin doesn't.
I'm starting to conclude that the treatment doesn't actually stop the disfigurement of LS, but it does calm the inflammation and prevents festering wounds that could then progress to cancer. And it keeps us comfortable, which is no small thing.
Holiday_girl janet62990
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Guppy007 Morrell1951
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Dermovate is a brand name for clobetasol propionate .05%. There's a list of quite a few ultra-potent topical steroids prescribed for LS. We tend to call it clob for short. Dr. Goldstein says the ointment version of it penetrates deeper and fewer people have allergic reactions to some of the non-medicinal ingredients in the cream. My pharmacist was willing to sell me a new tube and change from generic clob cream to Dermovate brand ointment.
It has been said that years of estrogen cream may reverse some fusing, mostly in younger women. I can't use the stuff.
Clob keeps the inflammation at bay. It's inflamed raw flesh that wants to fuse with raw flesh next door. That's how I lost my clitoris, two raw labia stuck together and healed shut (before I was diagnosed, before I had any clob). When we are flared up and there's raw flesh, thick oily stuff prevents sticking, which comes before fusing. I used to wash with soap furiously thinking that would stop the sticking. Just the opposite was true.
What clob doesn't seem to prevent in my case is the formation of hard scar tissue in sort of a ring inside the rim of my vagina, making it totally inelastic.
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Chrisy Guppy007
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Ridges on nails. I always thought these were due to my arthritis which is what I was told by my Doctor years ago. I also have developed brittle nails which are constantly splitting since I started using statins. I am told this is a side effect of them. Hence the gel nails (kinder to your real nails) These can let your real nails grow underneath and the gel polish makes them stronger preventing the splitting.
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