violet
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I wasn't sure if I should add this to one of the older dermopathy threads
http://www.kavaforums.com/forum/threads/kava-dermopathy.25/#post-14821
http://www.kavaforums.com/forum/threads/bath-salts-for-dermopathy.1653/#post-16403
or just start a new one. Anyway, here it is...
I was expecting to get dermopathy at some point, a couple certain foods give me very specific skin "rashes" of sorts, so I figured I'd be susceptible to kava induced dermopathy, no biggie. What started as what I believe to be the dermo was on my trunk, slightly itchy and close to having that peely-skin look. I applied some Amlactin and it disappeared. The following day I began rashing out around my armpits.
The rash around my armpits was similar to the one on my trunk, but to a much stronger degree. The skin felt swollen and hot. I applied amlactin there, this comes pretty close to describing what I felt:
I tried a couple doses of benadryl, and I don't think it did anything. I am also dosing vitamin C. I've read about dermopathy "spreading" like this, so I am hoping that is all I have and not an allergy. I am on my 2nd day of no kava, but so far I don't see much change. The stuff around my armpits is starting to look scaly now and the amlactin only stings it a tiny bit.
I've been drinking kava 4-10 tbls (1-2 sessions) daily about a month, mostly squeezed/kneaded. The first symptoms started at least a week ago. I'm sure the presentation of skin issues can vary wildly, but do any of you seasoned kava drinkers who have weathered dermopathy have any comments? When you get the dermopathy is it often raw and painful like that at first (I'm sure the Amlactin didn't help much), or is that just the hallmark of a bad case of it?
I have also read that some stop consuming, others keep drinking kava through it, and seen various opinions about how it affects the dermopathy. When you get dermopathy do you continue consuming kava? cut back? does it seem to make a difference in how bad the rash gets or how quickly it clears?
http://www.kavaforums.com/forum/threads/kava-dermopathy.25/#post-14821
http://www.kavaforums.com/forum/threads/bath-salts-for-dermopathy.1653/#post-16403
or just start a new one. Anyway, here it is...
I was expecting to get dermopathy at some point, a couple certain foods give me very specific skin "rashes" of sorts, so I figured I'd be susceptible to kava induced dermopathy, no biggie. What started as what I believe to be the dermo was on my trunk, slightly itchy and close to having that peely-skin look. I applied some Amlactin and it disappeared. The following day I began rashing out around my armpits.
The rash around my armpits was similar to the one on my trunk, but to a much stronger degree. The skin felt swollen and hot. I applied amlactin there, this comes pretty close to describing what I felt:
My rash must have been a little raw. The pain from the burn kept me up all that night. I applied more amlactin the following day with similar result , ended up taking a couple ibuprofen and holding ice packs in my underarms. I began getting "warm itchies" around my neck last night, felt it around my collarbone earlier too. There is nothing visible but the skin feels warm, amlactin stung a little there last night so I haven't been applying it (it is exactly what the spot on my trunk felt like before it scaled slightly). I just had a nice soak in an epsom salt bath, the only spots where I see/feel anything at all now are the fading ones around my underarms and places around my neck (almost like a ring), feels like sunburn (attempted a bit of amlactin again after the bath, still stings a bit to be going to bed like that).Hey you know that dermapothy I said I didn't have? Found it. My god the fire of a thousand suns set ablaze wherever that lactic acid touched. I'm pretty sure I traveled into the future.
I tried a couple doses of benadryl, and I don't think it did anything. I am also dosing vitamin C. I've read about dermopathy "spreading" like this, so I am hoping that is all I have and not an allergy. I am on my 2nd day of no kava, but so far I don't see much change. The stuff around my armpits is starting to look scaly now and the amlactin only stings it a tiny bit.
I've been drinking kava 4-10 tbls (1-2 sessions) daily about a month, mostly squeezed/kneaded. The first symptoms started at least a week ago. I'm sure the presentation of skin issues can vary wildly, but do any of you seasoned kava drinkers who have weathered dermopathy have any comments? When you get the dermopathy is it often raw and painful like that at first (I'm sure the Amlactin didn't help much), or is that just the hallmark of a bad case of it?
I have also read that some stop consuming, others keep drinking kava through it, and seen various opinions about how it affects the dermopathy. When you get dermopathy do you continue consuming kava? cut back? does it seem to make a difference in how bad the rash gets or how quickly it clears?