Comments on: aloe or not http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2005/06/20/aloe-or-not/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:44:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Neva Marjory http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2005/06/20/aloe-or-not/#comment-1198 Neva Marjory Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:17:31 +0000 http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2005/06/20/aloe-or-not/#comment-1198 Aloe can be very harsh on sensitive skins. I can't go anywhere near it without getting all sorts of reactions from red blotches to hives. It's disappointing that so many products for sensitive skin contain it. Sel Aloe can be very harsh on sensitive skins. I can’t go anywhere near
it without getting all sorts of reactions from red blotches to
hives. It’s disappointing that so many products for sensitive skin
contain it.
Sel

]]> By: Janie Cindi http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2005/06/20/aloe-or-not/#comment-1197 Janie Cindi Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:41:29 +0000 http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2005/06/20/aloe-or-not/#comment-1197 I have been decreasing my prednisone. It was never intended for long term use, So I started out at 40 mg, and decreased by 10mg every two weeks, so I'm at 20mg right now. Reading the responses to my post, I think it probably was the aloe gel. I never thought how prednisone might cause a rebound effect, but the dryness and the increases redness sound like it might be the aloe. For what it's worth, I'm using "Equate" Dandruff shampoo on my face (after reading Tameka Norris's article) and it seems to be an improvement. The acne is still there and it will probably be there for a while, but my skin itself is flaking significantly less. I have been decreasing my prednisone. It was never intended for long term
use, So I started out at 40 mg, and decreased by 10mg every two weeks, so
I’m at 20mg right now. Reading the responses to my post, I think it probably
was the aloe gel. I never thought how prednisone might cause a rebound
effect, but the dryness and the increases redness sound like it might be the
aloe. For what it’s worth, I’m using "Equate" Dandruff shampoo on my face
(after reading Tameka Norris’s article) and it seems to be an improvement.
The acne is still there and it will probably be there for a while, but my skin
itself is flaking significantly less.

]]> By: Neva Marjory http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2005/06/20/aloe-or-not/#comment-1196 Neva Marjory Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:59:34 +0000 http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2005/06/20/aloe-or-not/#comment-1196 I have also had problems using aole gel, right after I put it on, my face gets really bright red and tight but after a couple hours it returns to normal (well, normal red). Prednisone is the one thing that totally cleared my seb derm and made my skin feel great but the rebound flare is so bad when I stopped taking it. Have you been decreasing your prednisone dose recently? that may be causing a little rebound flare. I have also had problems using aole gel, right after I put it on, my
face gets really bright red and tight but after a couple hours it
returns to normal (well, normal red). Prednisone is the one thing
that totally cleared my seb derm and made my skin feel great but the
rebound flare is so bad when I stopped taking it. Have you been
decreasing your prednisone dose recently? that may be causing a
little rebound flare.

]]> By: Lilia Kane http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2005/06/20/aloe-or-not/#comment-1195 Lilia Kane Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:44:40 +0000 http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2005/06/20/aloe-or-not/#comment-1195 I had a similar experience with aloe vera gel - when I first put it on it felt good, but almost immediately afterwards (a couple of hours rather than days) it just dried up my skin. I didn't continue using it for more than a few days. I doubt the reaction was caused by the prednisone. I think both acne and sebderm are both a result of oily skin (too much sebum), so while acne itself may not make your sebderm worse, what's causing your acne might. However, the prednisone should actually help reduce your sebderm symptons (inflamed, red, itchy, flaky skin), so stopping that would probably not help much. Richard I had a similar experience with aloe vera gel - when I first put it on it
felt good, but almost immediately afterwards (a couple of hours rather than
days) it just dried up my skin. I didn’t continue using it for more than a
few days.

I doubt the reaction was caused by the prednisone. I think both acne and
sebderm are both a result of oily skin (too much sebum), so while acne
itself may not make your sebderm worse, what’s causing your acne might.
However, the prednisone should actually help reduce your sebderm symptons
(inflamed, red, itchy, flaky skin), so stopping that would probably not help
much.

Richard

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