Mina's skin issues

[dancerjodi]

Our girl has sensitive skin and is prone to rashes. She's experienced excema and fungal/yeast rashes. The latter comes quite frequently, but we've figured out how to keep on top of it and get rid of it quickly before it becomes out of control and painful. She gets it in her diaper area and rolls of her body. Last summer her rashy/rolly area was her thighs. Before that, her neck. Now it is her armpits.

This time around though, a rash had spread around her body and her armpits were pretty bad, despite what we kept doing to keep up with it. It wasn't getting worse, but wasn't getting better either. Her armpits and diaper area were itchy, but the rest of her body didn't seem to be bothering her.

We took her to the Pedi on Friday and they gave us an antibiotic for her armpits and told us to alternate that and the antifungal we've been using with the yeast flares up.

They told us the rest of her thought, was covered with this http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/keratosis-pilaris/DS00769 . Brian has it on his arms, and never gave it much thought.

Makes sense. I'm skeptical with skin issues, since I've had a couple of bouts of odd ones that despite going to dermatologists were never figured out. We'll just try and keep her gently cleaned and moisturized and see what happens.

Comments

[tigira.livejournal.com]

They say it usually clears up by 30? I'm 44, still have it. My sister is 34, and she still has it. Mom is 70, and she still has it. As for my brother, he's 41, but I don't know if he still has it. He doesn't talk to us for the most part.

[goat.livejournal.com]

Have you ruled out dietary intolerances as a cause for the skin issues? I don't think it's a factor for KP but can be for other skin issues.

[dancer.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. She eats most things, and has consistently. Her skin issues come and go. This recent one is very new, and there hasn't been anything new introduced to her diet around it. We use all fragrance free/natural stuff. The recent suggestion from the Pedi was to use a white soap with a moisturizer versus a clear one, to help her skin be less dry, so we've just started with a fragrance/paraben free Dove soap. I'm not sold on the KP thing, but it would surely make sense since 50% or so of people have it, and Brian has it. Brian's isn't too severe. Right now, hers is all over her body (including her face). We shall see how it goes!