Cure 1: Food Elimination. Get rid of some eczema!

So I start. Takes me 1 month to get the guts to start..
Terrible withdrawal.. All I can think about is energy bars. Almost laughable really.
I figure since I'm taking out all my favorite food might as well take out the other stuff too like wheat and reduce dairy.
Not too hard since the only thing I want is fortified foods.. I suppose it's like an addiction to soda or POP as I like to call it.. My pick-me-up is fortified chocolate like my brother who needs Red Bull to get a going mid-day.

3 days later: holy shhhhhhhhh.... The rash is SIGNIFICANTLY LESSENED. It's a MIRACLE
I mean still not gone but not as insanely itchy as before.. half the red. I think: shoot. Well, here I am almost shaking in dire need of chocolate and wanting a Subway sandwich when something I'm not eating is helping..

By now I've eaten every bag of chip in the house and refined corn snack but WHATEVER it's a bit better!!
I haven't been able to cut out fruit as that's my other favorite food but my rec to any and all rash sufferers:

If you aren't getting any sunlight and live in a damp area.. You may have some sort of yeast issue! Yes, it sounds ludicrous and I am now a hypocrite eating gluten-free stuff but TRY IT.
It's not just ladies, although the doctors a say it affects ladies more..

My non-doctor theory is it's something to do with the mold in Seattle / damp, humid condition combines with sugar which feeds yeast infections.. I'm not saying you're infected.. rather, it's just your body reacting to the environment and then all that sugar / wheat is feeding the problem and growing fungus on your skin.

I'm no doctor but I'm telling you what few doctors say.. I don't know WHY they don't say this, perhaps because patients can't handle the change (I know I barely can and I'm pretty good at being OCD)..

Again, this is in no way a prescription but I've spent YEARS dealing with this non-sense and looking at rash-less people.. All of my suggestions have NO side effects, other than breaking down because you really miss a certain food.. These days there are a BILLION alternative foods.

In fact, they offer (really expensive) non-wheat bread! It's DELICIOUS.. And, heck you can probably have rice still..

I think the worst part is I've programmed myself to think that fortified foods with vitamins and minerals is good for me.. 7 years of that, 6 years of energy bars.. I still have that programming but ever since I've started avoiding the fakey fortified foods and just stuck to one multivitamin and extra vitamin D it's been a LOT better..

You don't have to stop eating your favorite foods, just find alternatives. I still eat a lot of sugar, just not as much. Also, I LOVE grapes. Stop eating those / skins of fruit. I am not 100% certain but I think these made the pussy neck infection worse.. Maybe something in the chemicals sprayed on the fruit.
I read one blog that guaranteed you'd get rid of it by eliminating ALL SUGAR. Well, as much as I want to do that I CAN'T.. The hormonal side of me will go bonkers and rather than thinking: I'll go cold turkey, try it little by little.. Perhaps one day we can be as sugar-free as that guy. (I would like to thank him though, as he was one of the few people to write about this problem in a blog.)

I eventually went to an allergen doctor who did the test. I was negative for all, but my neck got pussy again.. So, who knows which off the 22 I was tested for I'm allergic to.

More to be continued.. The rash is still on me.. But that solved a tiny portion. *Still experimenting* Although I have yet to find the all-encompassing solution hopefully these entries are helping you get ideas for what's causing your a-topic dermatitis  Or, at the very least, at least you know you're not alone!

Also, I still am eating my words for making fun of gluten-free people. Heck, maybe it's all in my mind but hopefully something in here is helping you!


NEXT UP: Shower head filters.. Chlorine issues & skin bumps during showers.
(I bought a filter by Sprite similar to the one below-- they're quite easy to put in. Just twist off your current shower head and put this in between.)