Extreme close up

I got myself a cheap and easy to use microscope for my computer.  Since getting it my skin hasn't been too flakey, so here are some scalp & eyebrow shots. Enjoy :-)

Another update

It's been a while since my last update. Since then I had a week where I was really itch and flakey all over, but that passed before Christmas. I saw my dermatologist on Christmas Eve and he advised me to stop the neotigason but continue with the methotrexate and folic acid. He also said that while it looks like it's breaking up and doesn't look as bad, it will probably be at least another six months before it starts to properly go. 

Merry Christmas 

Update

Feet:  Not bad at all, often a little sweaty/clammy (this is a good thing).  Last week my soles were a little dry and dusty but they seem fine now

Legs: Red but not hugely dusty although there is always a layer of fine dust on the inside of my jeans

Chest & stomach. Red with lots of islands of sparing (clear spots). 

Upper chest, neck & Cheeks: Itchy patches of peeling flakes

Arms. Red with pealing flakes.  Big patches of peeling flakes across forearms. Also some islands of sparing

Face.  Red with Islands of sparing, particularly on forehead and spots under eyes.  Flaky skin on forehead.  Constant band of fine dust around eyes.  Although my face is generally dry, I sometimes get a clammy nose.  Eyebrows often seem full of tiny flakes.

Ears. Ears and around the ears, constantly itchy and flaky.  

Scalp.  Constantly full of flakes

Back: always itchy and flaky (from what I can see), particularly at the top near the shoulders. 

Regeneration

It been a while since I wrote a blog post, not including the photos and map. You haven't missed much. I'm still red and flakey. The cyst was horrible and made me so tired and drained, but after lots of antibiotics and some revolting squeezing sessions, things are a lot better now.  A big thank you to Simon for squeezing. 

But back to the Prp, I don't think there are any changes.  One of the things I read when I first researched Prp was how much it can effect your mental Heath. This year I have been very low, and although I can't blame it all on the Prp, it has been so depressing living with this everyday. I have tried not to use this blog as a way to wallow in self pity, I'm not sure I have always succeeded. This is only a temporary condition for me. I have to keep telling myself this. There are others that have this condition since childhood and for their entire lives, and of course there are so many more that have to suffer so much more. 

I'm a Doctor who fan, and a good friend of mine once joked that what I am going through is a regeneration. Maybe it's true because when I do come out the other side of this I don't think I will be the same man I was going into it.