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  1. Hi all. My rash and itching is finally starting to settle down now that I've been gluten free for almost two years. I found that making an ointment of part Vaseline and part Vanicream creme (half and half each) works really well. I slather it on after a shower and it soothes and protects the skin. Hope this helps someone out there - I know each of us respond...
  2. Thank you for your response! Yes, I had been eating gluten - maybe just not enough every day. The two biopsies she took: One was directly on a lesion, but I kept insisting that DH biopsies had to be peri-lesional. She just said, "not necessarily," and then took another one right next to the one on the lesion. This skin had been previously damaged by prior...
  3. Hi All. I just got back from the dermatologists office. Got the stitches removed from the two punch biopsy sites I had done a couple of weeks ago. The dermo says it did not show up as DH, but something called Lichen Simplex Chronicus. So I came home and Googled that condition. First, my "lesions" don't look anything like the photos I found of LSC; they...
  4. Thank you for the information. I will give Aquaphor a try!
  5. Hi there. I am not formally diagnosed with DH yet (that will happen in Jan or Feb), but my dermo and I are pretty sure that's what I have. I didn't want to be diagnosed in 2017 because I wasn't sure what was going to be happening with healthcare. I didn't want it as a preexisting condition. Anyway, I exercise almost every day - hiking or cycling - and...
  6. Hi All. I'm brand new to this forum and the gluten-free lifestyle. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought I read on one of the celiac websites that we were supposed to avoid maltodextrin, as it was made from barley. Am I crazy?
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