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| ergo |
Posted - 08/23/2011 : 14:50:20
Several years ago I used the original Lane Labs "SkinAnswer" and successfully removed several keratosis lesions. I've now been using SunSpot ES and have found it quite disappointing.
While SkinAnswer took just about 2 months to remove keratoses, SunSpot has yet to fully remove one.
I've been applying SS ES several times a day for about 4 months and the keratoses still are present. A keratosis will partially come off leaving a rough patch which requires further SS applications; after another 6 or 8 weeks, a bit more of the keratosis comes off still leaving another rough spot(Yeah, I am applying SS liberally to the lesion). And so it goes, on and on.
I'm thinking that the best approach might be to see a dermatologist where the lesions are frozen off with liquid nitrogen. The liquid nitro application results in a blister which before too long heals leaving no keratosis residue behind.
SS ES costs about $30 per tiny tube which becomes rather expensive if one needs to buy/use tube after tube after tube. However, several lesions can be removed in one dermatologist appointment and the liquid nitro approach can hardly be considered traumatic.
I sure wish that SS ES was more effective.
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| ergo |
Posted - 08/27/2011 : 13:29:52
SRBERNZ & OVERTHERE, thanks for your suggestions; I'll give orange oil and apple cider vinegar a go. I'll give Curaderm a pass, though. Outrageous at $130-$140 per tube. |
| Overthere |
Posted - 08/24/2011 : 15:24:20
One more thing:
I've seen Curaderm compared favorably to SunSpotES. Apparently the Curaderm is more potent, but at approx 4x the price. |
| Overthere |
Posted - 08/24/2011 : 15:22:03
If forgot to mention: Do NOT attach a cotton ball containing apple cider vinegar to your skin for any length of time!
My first experiment involved taping a small cotton ball to my arm and dosing the cotton with AVC throughout the day. I ended up with a shocking HOLE in my arm that looked like a bullet wound for weeks as it has healed.
It's almost filled in now--weeks later--and the eschar came out only yesterday. I'll be lucky if I don't end up with a scar/hole. Duh. |
| Overthere |
Posted - 08/24/2011 : 15:13:12
In addition to srbernz suggestion, you might try organic raw unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar with the mother which means there's a bit of solid material left suspended in the liquid.
The term "AK" covers a lot of territory. They can be minor little shiney spots, or large, scaley, reddened and raised. I'm suggesting the Apple Cider Vinegar for the mild end of the scale, and perhaps Liquid Nitogen for the nasty upper end. I've had AK's taken off with Liquid Nitrogen and it's the best, even with my fair/sensative skin. No scars or marks that I can see. One shot and done, and then just wait for the blister to heal.
As for the Cider, you'll read about folks applying it with a cotton swab, but I find that very time consuming and ineffective. I just pour a small amount into a little plastic medicine dose cup, dip my finger in and rub the vinegar into each AK site with my finger. Do it AM and PM, and after a week you'll see the AKs (the mild ones) getting smaller in diameter. I bought a 16ox bottle of BRAGG'S with the mother for about $4 at the local Whole Foods store.
Amazing stuff, ACV. And equally amazing is Virgin Coconut Oil, but for other applications. |
| srbernz |
Posted - 08/23/2011 : 15:12:41
Ergo,
If I can make a suggestion that was of huge help to me that would be Orange Oil. After reading a lot of input from folks on this site (particularly Dan) I used essential orange oil on a few AK's and within a wk I could already see and more so I could feel the spots becoming smaller and smaller. This did get a little uncomfortable for a few minutes after applying it, however not even comparable to the discomfort of cryotherapy (Nitrogen). It also very inexpensive and found in most holistica or vitamin/supplement stores. I got mine at "The Vitamin Shoppe" for $3.50. I would give it a try before you go to the derm...just a suggestion. Good Luck!! |
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