"Skin is a tough one . . . could really be anything medical, autoimmune, stress, food. Whatever. It is frustrating."
That was a great thing about my allergy testing--it also included things used in food, household cleaners, clothing dyes, etc. I learned that I am pretty highly allergic to the most commonly used preservative in butter and margarine (previously I thought it was just the fats and oils that made me break out) and the bleach used to create white flour. Which together helped explain why a birthday cake from a bakery will always make me break out (bleached white flour in the cake, butter in the frosting) yet the same sort of cake made at home won't (I've always used unbleached flour and if I use butter it's organic, preservative-free stuff). And no scarring involved, just a bunch of red lumps that mostly went down within a couple of days. The butter/margarine preservative one lasted nearly a week, though!
A while back, my chiropractor suggested that I take omega-3 supplements, fish-based not flax seed-based, to help in muscle growth. I don't know if the omega-3 made a difference in my muscles, but within a couple of days I noticed a big difference in my skin, hair and nails. So that might be something to try, especially if you think omega-3 might be lacking in your diet in general. Trader Joe's sells capsules with all the fishy taste somehow removed.
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That was a great thing about my allergy testing--it also included things used in food, household cleaners, clothing dyes, etc. I learned that I am pretty highly allergic to the most commonly used preservative in butter and margarine (previously I thought it was just the fats and oils that made me break out) and the bleach used to create white flour. Which together helped explain why a birthday cake from a bakery will always make me break out (bleached white flour in the cake, butter in the frosting) yet the same sort of cake made at home won't (I've always used unbleached flour and if I use butter it's organic, preservative-free stuff). And no scarring involved, just a bunch of red lumps that mostly went down within a couple of days. The butter/margarine preservative one lasted nearly a week, though!
A while back, my chiropractor suggested that I take omega-3 supplements, fish-based not flax seed-based, to help in muscle growth. I don't know if the omega-3 made a difference in my muscles, but within a couple of days I noticed a big difference in my skin, hair and nails. So that might be something to try, especially if you think omega-3 might be lacking in your diet in general. Trader Joe's sells capsules with all the fishy taste somehow removed.