posted June 17, 2004 02:30 AM         

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Yes. I do know what Granuloma Annulare is. It is not all that rare. It's most common with children although they tend to grow out of it.
How long have you had this?

Are you taking any medications I should know about. Anything at all?

Do you drink or consume 'diet' products such as Coke, Sprite, anything with Splenda, Nutra Sweet, or any other artificial sweetner?

Do you use a tea or coffee dairy subsitute?

Do you like the sun?

Any other allergies?

Thyroid problems at all?

What kind of diet?

Good general health?

Please answer the above so I can understand if there are any other underlying causes.

PLEASE NOTE:

I AM NOT A DOCTOR. I just happen to have some knowledge in nutritional healing. I'll share what I know gladly. I like to help. Please do try and remember though I'm not the all knowing oracle here. And I'm NOT A DOCTOR.

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posted June 17, 2004 03:35 AM         

I'd be very happy to chat to you. I too have skincare knowledge and I am a trained nurse though I don't work in that capacity. I had my own natural skin care line called "Giaura" hence my name, where I worked closely with many doctors and chemists on our formulations. I was also a presenter on QVC for beauty products.
Granualoma Annulare is a skin condition that is quite rare for adults, but not that rare in children. My sisters youngest had it. If they get it as children chances are they grow out of it. We really don't know for sure what causes it. However, in studies it has been shown that low immune function can trigger it. Artificial sweeteners are poison to the system and trigger immune disorders. The World Health Organization have been fighting the companies that produce these toxins for years. I can email you details of studies and send information on the current situation. You would die if you knew what the latest findings were on artificial sweeteners. The other questions were to find out if perhaps medications she was taking were causing reaction.

Thyroid can do weird things to your body especially the skin and hair. I had it 7 years ago and now my thyroid is normal. I cured myself simply through diet, supplements, and plenty of research.

The diet question is to make sure the body is getting the nutrition it needs. Without the proper nutrients your immunity is compromised. Sun is sometimes not tolerated well in other immune disorders either.

Cosmeceuticals are great in many ways. I will not say I've never used them. I have. I've been to the shows and taken the seminars. I bet I know quite a few directors from some of those companies you mention.

Can I ask you something now?

Do you know of a company that sells pure natural white Bentonite Clay? It has to be pure naturally not made pure. I went to a show and came across one company from Texas. I got a sample but it was not quite right. It was pure grade but not natural. I need it with no sulphur. I'm really interested in healing clays. check out: www.eytonsearth.org. and you'll know why. I'm already in contact with them to help trace what I need. Thought I'd ask though just in case.

Hope that helps Pokey.

Gia

posted June 17, 2004 11:50 AM         

Gia do you know of a good cure for stretchmarks? I know of a few preventatives (is that a word??) and have always taken care of my skin. However, can't help some things that easily

I use cocoa butter lots, amoungst other things but wonder if you knew of something else?

Thanks in advance

posted June 17, 2004 05:16 PM         

Granuloma Annulare is nothing like Milia which are pin like cysts normally found on the face. Milia is very easy to treat with a lance and then carefully emptied under very gentle pressure. I know sometimes they fill up again. Some glycolic acids do help, though I think most are better lanced. I had a few that I lanced a few times over and over, until they eventually just disappeared. Sometimes too much stimulation produces more. Have you found that? You have to be gentle. People who have acne sometimes over cleanse to the point where the upper most layer of the skin is dry and lower levels over produce causing more milia.

Granuloma Annulare is a kind of inflammation. It is often localised on just hands, or feet, or elbows. It's looks like pinky red bumpy circles sometimes large and small circles side by side. It's very uncomfortable and seems to be worse in adults, and in people with Diabetes Mellitus.
My nephew Jonathan had it on his arms and elbows. It was very synchronous that should come up when it did.

I got into skin care trying to cure myself after all the dermatologists failed. I believe, my opinion only, that skin reacts to internal imbalances as well as enviromental stimulus. The better your immune system is, the less likely you are to react to either one. Sometimes though we cause a reaction to stimulate new cells. As in very deep dermabrasion, laser, or phenol peel treatments.

I was experimenting with fruit acids, lactic, and glycolic when people didn't know what they were. It's amazing that I got away without scarring myself really badly. I do not recommend them too much now. Though I must say they do have a role to play. I think I've seen more people with damaged, sensitive skin beacuse of over use. What do you think?

What made you go into skin/beauty?

I was always into the medical side more. My sister reminds me that I've always been interested in skin. She remembers falling off her bike and injuring her left knee very badly. She says I was more excited than I was sympathetic. I kept taking off her bandages so that I could examine her scabs at periodic intervals using my stamp collecting magnifying glass.

She tells me, I was beyond myself when her scab finally fell off. I carefully put it in my lunch box so I could take to school, where I could examine it under a proper lens. How disgusting and gross is that? I was particularly interested in how the hair follicle detached itself with scab. SOoooooo disgusting!!!!

Stretch Marks?
They are really dependent on the elasticity of the skin. I agree with your taking of supplements. New Peptide formulations are supposed to help. Prevention is easier sometimes. I have a great recipe for fading.

One cup of cold pressed virgin olive oil.
Half a cup of pure Aloe Vera Gel
One large soup spoon of pure Natural Vit. E
Lavender Oil Must be pure - 4 drops
Neroli oil - as above

Mix all ingredients and store in a dark container somewhere cold. Please not the freezer / extra cold refrigerator. Apply daily .

A really invaluable guide giving very clear explanations of causes in Vitamin deficiency in the modern diet based on the latest research. Please read:
Causes & Prevention
of Vitamin Deficiency.

By. Dr. Lenonard Mervyn
BSc,PhD,CChem,FRSC.

Also, Signs and Symptoms
of Vitamin Deficiency

By the same author.

Tell me about yourself Pixelpixie.... Now who's doing the poking?

posted June 17, 2004 05:50 PM         

Thanks!
K

posted June 18, 2004 11:53 PM         

Please go to www.jeffrense.com.

Scroll down to the very end and use their own search engine. Just type in "Artifical Sweeteners" or, maybe Splenda too. You'll get the latest on everything going on. I have all the World Health Ass. info here. If you want it let me know. Pleeeease don't take them anymore.