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Hello,
I made an account so I could get some feedback from experienced kava drinkers. Recently I began using kava regularly. Going to a kava bar a couple times a week and preparing traditional method at home with either Kalm with Kava or Wakacon, using a strainer that came with a Kalm starter pack. I also bought a 30% kavalactone powder by Samsara herbs? And would add that to some of my homebrew. I thought I'd found something amazing I could use daily, was excited, and perhaps went a little excessive the last month. So, basically daily use, for 30 days, some days more than others, only at night. I'm quite healthy and in extremely good physical shape. I workout 4x a week (strength training/body building).
I noticed my hands, the webbing around my thumbs, were strangely dry, and some days just moving my hands would feel like I was stretching out a a glove (my skin), not sure how else to explain it. Two nights ago I had difficulty sleeping due to feeling itchy all over. Yesterday I noticed on my right hip red stretch mark like rash, and dry skin on both sides, kind of starting at the same spot on my hips. Some dry skin near my armpits. I read all the posts in the forum. I didn't drink kava yesterday. I bought amlactin, and wow it burned on the side that was stretch-mark/red looking.
It seems that the general consensus is stop kava intake, use amlactin, benadryl for itchiness, and the dermo will eventually disappear, though will likely get worse beforehand. In each thread there are a few people saying they didn't stop kava intake, and the dermo just left on its own. So I have a few questions" For those who didn't stop kava intake, what has happened? For those that stopped and started again, is this an ongoing problem? I've also read certain strains effect certain people more than others when it comes to dermo, and that the lactones building up in the skin may be the issue, so are the extract powders or "boosts" more likely to cause dermo?
I made an account so I could get some feedback from experienced kava drinkers. Recently I began using kava regularly. Going to a kava bar a couple times a week and preparing traditional method at home with either Kalm with Kava or Wakacon, using a strainer that came with a Kalm starter pack. I also bought a 30% kavalactone powder by Samsara herbs? And would add that to some of my homebrew. I thought I'd found something amazing I could use daily, was excited, and perhaps went a little excessive the last month. So, basically daily use, for 30 days, some days more than others, only at night. I'm quite healthy and in extremely good physical shape. I workout 4x a week (strength training/body building).
I noticed my hands, the webbing around my thumbs, were strangely dry, and some days just moving my hands would feel like I was stretching out a a glove (my skin), not sure how else to explain it. Two nights ago I had difficulty sleeping due to feeling itchy all over. Yesterday I noticed on my right hip red stretch mark like rash, and dry skin on both sides, kind of starting at the same spot on my hips. Some dry skin near my armpits. I read all the posts in the forum. I didn't drink kava yesterday. I bought amlactin, and wow it burned on the side that was stretch-mark/red looking.
It seems that the general consensus is stop kava intake, use amlactin, benadryl for itchiness, and the dermo will eventually disappear, though will likely get worse beforehand. In each thread there are a few people saying they didn't stop kava intake, and the dermo just left on its own. So I have a few questions" For those who didn't stop kava intake, what has happened? For those that stopped and started again, is this an ongoing problem? I've also read certain strains effect certain people more than others when it comes to dermo, and that the lactones building up in the skin may be the issue, so are the extract powders or "boosts" more likely to cause dermo?
