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evoc
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Posted - 05/05/2014 : 09:27:39
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It seems to work faster with no crater. The man did say it heals 'some parts' of his BCC. That is a concern. Does it cause new spots to appear as the Curaderm does? |
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TheD0nald
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Posted - 05/16/2014 : 10:13:57
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Hi Rob,
I saw your post in the skin cancer forum and it looked the closest to what I'm experiencing. I have a white "root" looking thing in the middle that everything seems to seep out of. Is this what you had? How long did it take? How big was your wound? How much Curaderm did it take? Please respond to my main email TR8RRR@gmail.com Thanks SO much in advance for your answers I'm a little freaked out by all this. Warmly, Don
quote: Originally posted by robstan
Hi I have used curaderm or cansema black salve and yes it really works. But word of warning you should be very careful using it like any ointment. The first day I applied ointment (Sunday) you could tell it was something as the ointment started to bit at it straight away. I kept it covered for 7 days and then changed the dressing, just a clean dressing no ointment, my spot was on my left side of my face right at the bottom of my eyebrow. The whole area puffed up and was quite red and it even affected my eye lid. But you just put up with it. At the end of the second week the area around the spot had gone all white and *****, then when I was changing my dressing the top came off and then the next night the whole centre of the spot came out and left a big flesh red whole big enough to put my little finger in. I kept it covered for another week and a nice clean scab formed at the end of the 4th week I no longer need to keep it covered and I will have very little scaring. The spot itself was like a hard white tick looking thing with a root system underneath. I am over the moon with the result would recommend this treatment. Imagine if I had left it how much damage it would have caused on my face and it only took a month to come up I am a massage therapist and mother of three children. Robyn, Queensland, Australia, Gin Gin
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TheD0nald
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Posted - 05/21/2014 : 13:19:01
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70CM!!!!! Did this ever heal? quote: Originally posted by river
I have been using curaderm on a bcc on my right posteria shoulder for 20 months, its 70cm dia.Im not sure if it is healing, can you give me any info.?
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gibsontown
27 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2014 : 11:35:02
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Just checking back to report that Curaderm seems to have worked, 2 months post treatment. I do have to say, it took far, far longer than 12 weeks. I first treated a .4 cm spot on my nose last year for 12 weeks. It appeared gone but left a bit of a recess. Within 2 or 3 weeks, it was itchy and flakey and I suspected still there. I applied more Curaderm and it opened right up again. The second treatment took a full 22 weeks. It's been 8 weeks or so and I think it's gone for good. Happy to share more if anyone is interested, as this was very helpful for me during treatment. God bless. |
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duskredactor
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Posted - 07/11/2014 : 23:24:14
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I started Curaderm on April 1, 2014. I had a lesion on my back that was 2.5CM by 2.5CM. The treatment from April to the middle of June was so painful that I literally had to go to only once a day for a few weeks.
Now, in that time, it looks like some skin has regrown, or maybe it's scar tissue. I don't know.
But, the "new skin" does not feel like skin. It has that rough, harder feeling.
So, here's my question: Anyone ever go through this? And, if so, did you get back to twice a day? At the moment, the original lesion is almost closed up, but I am not convinced I have anything more than hardened scar tissue or something.
I must admit that the pain was so intense that I HAD to slow down a bit, but I'm concerned that I will need to go through it all over again.
Any input is VERY MUCH appreciated.
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john691
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Posted - 07/19/2014 : 15:28:52
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Let me first thank you all for taking the time to share your story on this website. It has been informative, motivating, and encouraging. I have one burning question but let me give you the facts.
I am currently using Curaderm for a BCC solid tumor located right beside my nose. I am on day 15 and the only reaction has been the loss of a few layers of skin. My tumor is 2mm below the surface and extends another 3mm deep. It is 1.1 cm long. I apply Curaderm twice a day. I need better penetration. My plan is to increase the treatment to four times a day or more, if possible. Hopefully, this will get it to penetrate deeper. It appears that many people here have superficial BCC or at least BCC that is near the surface. Has anyone treated a solid BCC tumor below the surface? If so, how did you get Curaderm to penetrate deeper? Any experience combining Curaderm with DMSO (I bought 99.995 pharma grade DMSO but hesitate to use it)? Does increasing the number of daily applications help with penetration?
I have done a punch biopsy, Doppler ultrasound, MRI, and optical coherence tomography. The punch biopsy indicated that it was a deeper BCC. The Doppler ultrasound measured the blood flow in the tumor and determined that it did not penetrate the bone. The MRI measured the size of the tumor. The OCT determined that the skin was healthy down to 2 mm (it cannot “look” deeper). If Curaderm has a good reaction and appears to work, the Doppler ultrasound will be a good non-invasive way to measure progress.
I have had five MOHS surgeries on my nose. Surgery, radiation, and Erivedge are all pretty scary options.
I am thinking of taking a genetic test from Foundation One. They claim to be able to provide options best suited for one’s DNA. If you have done such a test and can recommend it, let me know.
My burning questions is: How can I get Curaderm to penetrate deeper? Thanks in advance for your insights.
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howardz43
19 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2014 : 16:47:14
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It sounds to me like because the lesion is on your back and is hard to see up close with mirrors, and it is painfully tender and difficult to reach with a brush or your fingernails, you haven't been cleaning it thoroughly enough (if at all) to get the dead skin off from around the edges. My guess is that the lesion is now covered with a layer of dead skin which developed from the edges, and that covering is what now has the 'rough harder feeling.' It is probably not live skin. I think you may need someone to remove that layer for you (if that's what it is) before you can really start over effectively. Also to help you thoroughly clean and then treat the lesion properly on a regular basis. The cream will not penetrate dead skin very well if at all. See my other posts where I discuss cleaning the lesions.
I've found that Curaderm works, even if you if you apply it only once per day. However, the treatment time takes longer and you have to be fastidious in cleaning the lesions.
Currently I'm applying the cream every two days with success, but the progress is slower and I have to do a lot of cleaning. By the time I get in the shower on the second day, there is a lot of accumulated dead skin to get rid of. More than two days is too much in my estimation. The lesions would get too dried out and covered with dead skin. How I got into this situation is as I explained in a previous post. Briefly, I got too many lesions opened up to deal with on a daily basis, by applying the cream imprudently to suspicious-looking spots on various parts of my body and then getting big deep lesions and lesion areas develop. Even though I'm retired, I couldn't treat them and get my chores done all in one day. I think treating one or a few lesions twice per day is optimal.
quote: Originally posted by duskredactor
I started Curaderm on April 1, 2014. I had a lesion on my back that was 2.5CM by 2.5CM. The treatment from April to the middle of June was so painful that I literally had to go to only once a day for a few weeks.
Now, in that time, it looks like some skin has regrown, or maybe it's scar tissue. I don't know.
But, the "new skin" does not feel like skin. It has that rough, harder feeling.
So, here's my question: Anyone ever go through this? And, if so, did you get back to twice a day? At the moment, the original lesion is almost closed up, but I am not convinced I have anything more than hardened scar tissue or something.
I must admit that the pain was so intense that I HAD to slow down a bit, but I'm concerned that I will need to go through it all over again.
Any input is VERY MUCH appreciated.
THANKS!!!
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howardz43
19 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2014 : 18:49:31
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I don't think applying the cream more than twice per day in the beginning would help unless the skin is obviously absorbing the amount being applied twice per day. If you pull off the tape and you still have cream under the tape, replacing that cream would be wasteful. I have found that applying enough cream for quite a while is sometimes necessary to get the process going. To get penetration, enough means to be generous, not skimpy with each application of the cream. Thin coating doesn't cause much penetration.
For example, on my left shin I was applying the cream for many weeks to what at first appeared to be a couple of small suspicious-looking indentations, and with apparently little or no result. That puzzled me for a while. If not for all my previous experience I could have told myself that Curaderm doesn't 'always' work. Then as time went by, the cream really began getting into the massive underlying cancer which was invisible to me. It simply required a while to penetrate deeply to the underlying cancer, and then I was appalled by what developed.
Gradually I got two silver dollar-size, deep lesions next to each other with lots of surrounding deeply eroded skin area. The silver dollar size lesions which developed were so deep-red that they were virtually black in color and ached excruciatingly when I applied the cream. It was an icy-hot burning ache which would not completely go away between treatments. Right now however, several months later, they have shrunk about to the size of quarters in diameter and are, much shallower and healthy looking so far as their color goes. Nor are they nearly as painful to treat, and are not noticeable in terms of pain between treatments.
After the cream gets going and lesions develop, what is then 'enough' cream will vary. If a lesion is a hole or crater, or a deep valley, I mostly fill it with the cream and apply the tape. If it is a deep gnarly eroded area, I use a flat stick for stirring coffee to spread the cream like icing on a cake in order to fill all the crevices in the erosion.
The cream continues to penetrate with each application if one cleans the lesion(s) to get off the dead skin, especially after they start healing. I've been using a scrub brush to do that, and occasionally I remove remaining pieces of dead skin with my thumb and fingernails while being careful around the tender places. Cancerous areas may morph., and change their shape and configuration some, as the cream penetrates and kills the cancer and the various areas heal. If you've had a lot of sun exposure and have a lot of developing skin cancer, nearby cancers that you couldn't see or didn't discern what you were looking at, may begin to show as the cream penetrates and traces the strings of cells connecting to nearby cancers.
quote: Originally posted by john691
Let me first thank you all for taking the time to share your story on this website. It has been informative, motivating, and encouraging. I have one burning question but let me give you the facts.
I am currently using Curaderm for a BCC solid tumor located right beside my nose. I am on day 15 and the only reaction has been the loss of a few layers of skin. My tumor is 2mm below the surface and extends another 3mm deep. It is 1.1 cm long. I apply Curaderm twice a day. I need better penetration. My plan is to increase the treatment to four times a day or more, if possible. Hopefully, this will get it to penetrate deeper. It appears that many people here have superficial BCC or at least BCC that is near the surface. Has anyone treated a solid BCC tumor below the surface? If so, how did you get Curaderm to penetrate deeper? Any experience combining Curaderm with DMSO (I bought 99.995 pharma grade DMSO but hesitate to use it)? Does increasing the number of daily applications help with penetration?
I have done a punch biopsy, Doppler ultrasound, MRI, and optical coherence tomography. The punch biopsy indicated that it was a deeper BCC. The Doppler ultrasound measured the blood flow in the tumor and determined that it did not penetrate the bone. The MRI measured the size of the tumor. The OCT determined that the skin was healthy down to 2 mm (it cannot “look” deeper). If Curaderm has a good reaction and appears to work, the Doppler ultrasound will be a good non-invasive way to measure progress.
I have had five MOHS surgeries on my nose. Surgery, radiation, and Erivedge are all pretty scary options.
I am thinking of taking a genetic test from Foundation One. They claim to be able to provide options best suited for one’s DNA. If you have done such a test and can recommend it, let me know.
My burning questions is: How can I get Curaderm to penetrate deeper? Thanks in advance for your insights.
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mandyyy
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Posted - 07/20/2014 : 20:39:58
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Hi so it should be told here that after using curaderm on my nose i thought my BCC was treated. I have been back to my Dr to check it is completely gone as the skin has healed over the hole it left. It turns out not only has it caused other new spots to appear, but it has aggravated the original one which is now buried deep down with fresh skin healed over it after the curaderm ate away the area. My Dr said the BCC is not only NOT gone, it is now BIGGER. I am booked for MOHS surgery in a few weeks. I am ready to get it our for real this time. I just wasn't ready for surgery before. Do not use curaderm on BCCs :( I wanted to believe it too, but its bull****. |
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howardz43
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Posted - 07/20/2014 : 23:00:18
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IMHO, one is better off to not start using Curaderm if one cannot cope with getting results that one did not expect in the beginning. The literature says the lesion will get bigger before it begins to shrink, as the treatment process continues. It also says that skin will grow over the lesion if the treatment is stopped before it is complete. What was on your nose in that picture looks very clean and easy to heal with Curaderm. However, the cream will ultimately find most if not all of the existing surrounding cancer if you keep on going with the treatment, and thus it will 'cause other new spots to appear.'
Like many things in life, the good news is also the bad news.
That also goes for Mohs surgery. In 2006 I had a bleeding open sore that wouldn't heal. It was a certified basal cell cancerous mole on my left cheek, which I had surgically removed successfully with Mohs at the VA. That was good news. However, within about four months it was coming back. I could feel the same 'itchy' sensations where the surgery was done. That was bad news. I really didn't want to go back for another Mohs surgery.
Then a friend who is a professional in nutrition told me about Curaderm. I got some and used it successfully per the instructions along with some email advice and counseling from Dr. Cham's staff regarding what to expect when dealing with surgical scar tissue, to get rid of what remained of the cancer that the Mohs surgery process didn't remove. Eight years later, and that cancer hasn't returned, but I've been using the cream to get rid plenty of other skin cancers all over my body, due to being in the sun so much from the time I was about six years old. To me, that I have gotten such a good result on my cheek and elsewhere by using Curaderm is good news.
My younger sister says that 'most people who've been in the sun a lot and consequently have a lot of skin cancer, they go a dermatologist to have their bleeding sores removed - one or a few at a time. When they die in old age, they don't die due to the skin cancer which they still have lots of, they die due to something else, and leave behind a corpse that is riddled with skin cancer which did not yet develop to the bleeding sore stage. It doesn't matter because they are dead, and if there is public viewing of the corpse, the mortician will nicely powder the skin to make it look good.' The moral of that story? None of us as important as we think we are. Each of us, along with all the other skin cancer-riddled corpses that remain, will soon be forgotten.
I told her that I don't have a personality such that I could stand knowing my skin is so riddled with skin cancer, and not do anything to get rid of it if a product is available that would find it all and get rid of it. Other than personal aesthetics, being covered with skin cancer has to be a big drain on one's metabolism. I like it that the cream will biochemically find and destroy all the cancer. However, I found out that I have a lot more cancer and much worse than I originally thought. To others' that's almost precisely what they don't like, and they blame Curaderm.
I do think Dr. Cham should be more forthcoming to discuss how difficult it is to keep nearby cancerous areas that already exist, from opening up and producing new lesions begging to be treated. Also how difficult it is to keep a lesion from 'migrating' into such areas if there is cancerous tissue right nearby. And also, in order to maintain the recommended 2" x 2" maximum treatment area, does one just arbitrarily refuse to follow a migrating lesion with the cream? Is one supposed to draw an arbitrary, imaginary line across a lesion, beyond which one will not apply cream? It's hard to imagine how that would really work to limit the treatment area. The cream being applied to one part of a lesion would just travel across the imaginary line into the other developing parts. Again, the good news is the bad news.
quote: Originally posted by mandyyy
Hi so it should be told here that after using curaderm on my nose i thought my BCC was treated. I have been back to my Dr to check it is completely gone as the skin has healed over the hole it left. It turns out not only has it caused other new spots to appear, but it has aggravated the original one which is now buried deep down with fresh skin healed over it after the curaderm ate away the area. My Dr said the BCC is not only NOT gone, it is now BIGGER. I am booked for MOHS surgery in a few weeks. I am ready to get it our for real this time. I just wasn't ready for surgery before. Do not use curaderm on BCCs :( I wanted to believe it too, but its bull****.
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mandyyy
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Posted - 07/21/2014 : 16:14:31
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Hi howardz43, sorry I don't agree with you at all. My cancer was not worse than i realised, and i suffered through the pain without stopping until a large hole was seared into my face and then new skin grew. It was biopsied and diagnosed, and then biopsied again, by Drs. I followed ALL the curaderm instructions, and i even thought i was cured if you go back and read my posts. My post it to warn people about Curaderm not being successful as claimed. You are saying that your cancer came back after MOHS? Well that is terribly unlucky because it has a SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN rate of cure at 97% here in Australia , so wow how unlucky were you? What is the success rate of Curaderm for BCC apart from (unacceptable to the science community) published anecdotal evidence from a DR who fled the country, and a book he wrote about eggplants curing cancer? Zero, and a hell of a lot of unhappy (and sore!) people. I know curaderm does eat into the cancer, but that is exactly what Saliyclic Acid should do if you put it on your skin. I totally get that other hack and hope surgeries are not highly successful, because you never know if you got it all out, but with MOHS they don't stop until they have have ZERO cancer cells showing up in the treated area under a microscope? Who can argue with that? I have nothing to gain from being honest on this forum, and those supporting this non approved, kind of works cream, have a lot to gain.
howardz43 perhaps this cream can work on Keratosis and can regress cancer, but it is terribly wrong for the makers of this cream to espouse an 80 to 100% success rate on BCCs. It is called illegal advertising in my country and hence why Dr Cham does not reside here or sell it legally. It was taken off the PBS for a reason. A real loving humanitarian (as they make him out to be) would stop selling it until they got the formula right, and obtained the medical results required by law, to make it a real, safe and legal option in the use of BCC cancer cure. Enough said on this now, i am moving on from this BCC chapter of my life. Best wishes to all who have skin cancer, may you find your treatment and l pray you all make decision based on truth and what is real. When you are sick you are very vulnerable to wanting to believe there is a magic cure. |
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lllinda
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Posted - 07/21/2014 : 16:33:25
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I would like to mention that my experience with Curaderm and the squamous cell carcinoma ended in near disaster. If you want to read about my sad Curaderm story, just go a few pages back. I am still recovering from the serious surgery I had back in April and I am left with a disfiguring scar and lymphedema in my leg. All this to say that sometimes Curaderm works, sometimes it doesn't. I cntinued to use it long after I should have stopped. 6 months! We are told by the Curaderm company that it will hurt and that it will eat through the cancer and to kee persevering until new skin grows back. It's not worth the risk! My skin cancer could have cost me my life and I regret ever using Curaderm. The squamous cell carcinoma could have been easily removed in the dermatologists office before I used Curaderm. The surgical wound I was left with was 5 x 4 inches and down to the muscle and I have had to "learn" how to walk all over again. Be very careful when using Curaderm! |
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evoc
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Posted - 07/22/2014 : 07:15:51
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quote: Originally posted by mandyyy
Hi howardz43, sorry I don't agree with you at all. My cancer was not worse than i realised, and i suffered through the pain without stopping until a large hole was seared into my face and then new skin grew. It was biopsied and diagnosed, and then biopsied again, by Drs. I followed ALL the curaderm instructions, and i even thought i was cured if you go back and read my posts. My post it to warn people about Curaderm not being successful as claimed. You are saying that your cancer came back after MOHS? Well that is terribly unlucky because it has a SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN rate of cure at 97% here in Australia , so wow how unlucky were you? What is the success rate of Curaderm for BCC apart from (unacceptable to the science community) published anecdotal evidence from a DR who fled the country, and a book he wrote about eggplants curing cancer? Zero, and a hell of a lot of unhappy (and sore!) people. I know curaderm does eat into the cancer, but that is exactly what Saliyclic Acid should do if you put it on your skin. I totally get that other hack and hope surgeries are not highly successful, because you never know if you got it all out, but with MOHS they don't stop until they have have ZERO cancer cells showing up in the treated area under a microscope? Who can argue with that? I have nothing to gain from being honest on this forum, and those supporting this non approved, kind of works cream, have a lot to gain.
howardz43 perhaps this cream can work on Keratosis and can regress cancer, but it is terribly wrong for the makers of this cream to espouse an 80 to 100% success rate on BCCs. It is called illegal advertising in my country and hence why Dr Cham does not reside here or sell it legally. It was taken off the PBS for a reason. A real loving humanitarian (as they make him out to be) would stop selling it until they got the formula right, and obtained the medical results required by law, to make it a real, safe and legal option in the use of BCC cancer cure. Enough said on this now, i am moving on from this BCC chapter of my life. Best wishes to all who have skin cancer, may you find your treatment and l pray you all make decision based on truth and what is real. When you are sick you are very vulnerable to wanting to believe there is a magic cure.
mandyyy, You may be off this site and not see my reply, but I wanted to say how proud I am of your speaking out. I suspect many others are having strongly negative effects from Curaderm and are shy about posting that on this forum, with so many love stories about Curaderm. My experience was more than I posted and I came to realize this product may be the very snake oil we all loathe and try to avoid. The product may work in theory, possibly in limited practice, but it causes far more harm that 'cure' from what I have experienced directly.
Someone on this forum wrote a while back that Curaderm is safe to use in one's mouth, on the lip. I emailed Curaderm and asked it this were true. I received a reply a week later from a person, not a doctor by name, and they simply said 'NO.' the product is not to be used on lips or in mouth. I already knew that from reading the website Curaderm has up. The person also said 'I wish people would stop reading those forums.' Up to that point Curaderm had many forum links extolling it's super powers. When I received my email I found they had all been taken down. At least I was unable to find any. So it is refreshing to read the truth right here. Thank you and God bless and keep you. Stay well. |
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lllinda
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Posted - 07/22/2014 : 07:25:54
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I totally agree with you, evoc! I think you probably read my story on the previous page. One of the surgeons who treated me said that I should sue Curaderm, but I don't think that is possible. Curaderm seems to work for some, but I wonder how many others, like me who's life has been drastically affected by using Curaderm. |
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evoc
10 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2014 : 08:55:31
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quote: Originally posted by lllinda
I would like to mention that my experience with Curaderm and the squamous cell carcinoma ended in near disaster. If you want to read about my sad Curaderm story, just go a few pages back. I am still recovering from the serious surgery I had back in April and I am left with a disfiguring scar and lymphedema in my leg. All this to say that sometimes Curaderm works, sometimes it doesn't. I cntinued to use it long after I should have stopped. 6 months! We are told by the Curaderm company that it will hurt and that it will eat through the cancer and to kee persevering until new skin grows back. It's not worth the risk! My skin cancer could have cost me my life and I regret ever using Curaderm. The squamous cell carcinoma could have been easily removed in the dermatologists office before I used Curaderm. The surgical wound I was left with was 5 x 4 inches and down to the muscle and I have had to "learn" how to walk all over again. Be very careful when using Curaderm!
lllinda, I have followed your experience along and am truly relieved you came through it as well as you did. You have provided a marvelous public service to the world by posting your story as it happened. How sad for all of us that we as thinking people learned of this product and believed in it's potential effectiveness enough to give it a try. However once we begin using it we are already at the point of no return. I used it a second time two months after the first use. The first time things did seem to heal per Curaderm's claims, but left scaring despite Curaderm's assurance that it will not scar and will not damage healthy skin. Hogwash.
I used Curaderm again a second time to see that none of the areas treated would heal after four months, and caused secondary small lumps and bumps across my body. The first time I used it things healed within one month, and others a month and half, lastly one took two months. But the second time I wondered if the formulation had changed.
I think everyone should be careful with Curaderm and absolutely do not use it without a doctor's involvement, if one can find a physician who will agree to work with the product. Play it safe and don't use it at all.
lllinda, your story is dramatic enough to be an eye opener for anyone. My prayers are still with you, thank you for posting your events here for others to learn and make wise choices.
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SueZeQ
13 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2014 : 10:33:40
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I'm not sure why anyone would use Curaderm instead of the Amazon Topical Black Salve. WHY? Because Curaderm is not as strong as Amazon, and it needs to be applied twice a day for an extended period of time. This leaves the door open for people to misuse it... using it for too long a period.
Amazon is only applied TWICE. That is it. You apply it once and leave on for 24 hours to see if the lesion is actually cancer. If it is, it should appear "white" in some areas, or around the edges. This is a sign that the Salve is starting to work. If there is no white, or change to the tissue, then it is not cancer.
So if it is white... you then wash off the remaining Salve and apply a second (generous) treatment. This you then bandage well and leave on for two weeks. You can change the bandage, but don't add more Salve, or remove the salve that is there. Because mine was in the middle of my back, I used cotton gauze bandaging, then put a water resistant bandage over that to protect when showering.
After two weeks you then remove the bandage and the salve, along with the cancerous tissue, will simply fall off, leaving a nice "wound" with clean pink edges. This will heal up nicely in a couple of days and after a year, you will have little to no scar (really though, who cares about a scar compared to cancer?).
You have to order the Amazon Topical Black Salve from Alpha Omega Labs in Equador, but one $26 jar (that includes shipping), is enough to treat 2-3 areas. Don't treat at same time though... too painful. And be sure to have painkillers cause it does hurt like the dickens for 2-3 days.
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gibsontown
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Posted - 07/25/2014 : 06:32:35
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Thanks for sharing Suezeq - I guess my answer would be because I'm treating an area on my face. Several have said black salve is cuastic to healthy tissue also, and can get out of control. Would you use this on your face? The jury is still out for me, whether or not Curaderm removed all the BCC on my face after the better part of 9 months. I had no idea it would take so long - if it did the job, it was worth wearing a bandage. And, there was no pain.
quote: Originally posted by SueZeQ
I'm not sure why anyone would use Curaderm instead of the Amazon Topical Black Salve. WHY? Because Curaderm is not as strong as Amazon, and it needs to be applied twice a day for an extended period of time. This leaves the door open for people to misuse it... using it for too long a period.
Amazon is only applied TWICE. That is it. You apply it once and leave on for 24 hours to see if the lesion is actually cancer. If it is, it should appear "white" in some areas, or around the edges. This is a sign that the Salve is starting to work. If there is no white, or change to the tissue, then it is not cancer.
So if it is white... you then wash off the remaining Salve and apply a second (generous) treatment. This you then bandage well and leave on for two weeks. You can change the bandage, but don't add more Salve, or remove the salve that is there. Because mine was in the middle of my back, I used cotton gauze bandaging, then put a water resistant bandage over that to protect when showering.
After two weeks you then remove the bandage and the salve, along with the cancerous tissue, will simply fall off, leaving a nice "wound" with clean pink edges. This will heal up nicely in a couple of days and after a year, you will have little to no scar (really though, who cares about a scar compared to cancer?).
You have to order the Amazon Topical Black Salve from Alpha Omega Labs in Equador, but one $26 jar (that includes shipping), is enough to treat 2-3 areas. Don't treat at same time though... too painful. And be sure to have painkillers cause it does hurt like the dickens for 2-3 days.
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mandyyy
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Posted - 07/27/2014 : 16:40:20
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Thanks lllinda and Evoc for replying :) You are 2 of the few real people (non marketers of these products) replying. Appreciate your honesty. As for the black salve marketing jump ins...(prime opportunity when we are boo hooing curaderm), well now we are going from the sublime to the ridiculous in terms of safety risk huh!? :D. I watched someone I know (who swore by the stuff) end up in hospital with a hole in his head that needed surgery and antibiotics for infection. A surgeon ended up fixing the mess he could of easily removed in the first place. http://www.smh.com.au/national/skin-cancer-warning-over-bogus-black-salve-treatment-20140410-36epv.html same story about it doing something (eating away the cancer) but not getting all of it.. so you keep going... and then oops someone call the Dr. Take care, and i am glad to hear you are doing ok now lllinda :) It was not for nothing ~ many thousands will read this forum and will choose NOT buy curaderm thanks to you :)
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quote: Originally posted by lllinda
I would like to mention that my experience with Curaderm and the squamous cell carcinoma ended in near disaster. If you want to read about my sad Curaderm story, just go a few pages back. I am still recovering from the serious surgery I had back in April and I am left with a disfiguring scar and lymphedema in my leg. All this to say that sometimes Curaderm works, sometimes it doesn't. I cntinued to use it long after I should have stopped. 6 months! We are told by the Curaderm company that it will hurt and that it will eat through the cancer and to kee persevering until new skin grows back. It's not worth the risk! My skin cancer could have cost me my life and I regret ever using Curaderm. The squamous cell carcinoma could have been easily removed in the dermatologists office before I used Curaderm. The surgical wound I was left with was 5 x 4 inches and down to the muscle and I have had to "learn" how to walk all over again. Be very careful when using Curaderm!
lllinda, I have followed your experience along and am truly relieved you came through it as well as you did. You have provided a marvelous public service to the world by posting your story as it happened. How sad for all of us that we as thinking people learned of this product and believed in it's potential effectiveness enough to give it a try. However once we begin using it we are already at the point of no return. I used it a second time two months after the first use. The first time things did seem to heal per Curaderm's claims, but left scaring despite Curaderm's assurance that it will not scar and will not damage healthy skin. Hogwash.
I used Curaderm again a second time to see that none of the areas treated would heal after four months, and caused secondary small lumps and bumps across my body. The first time I used it things healed within one month, and others a month and half, lastly one took two months. But the second time I wondered if the formulation had changed.
I think everyone should be careful with Curaderm and absolutely do not use it without a doctor's involvement, if one can find a physician who will agree to work with the product. Play it safe and don't use it at all.
lllinda, your story is dramatic enough to be an eye opener for anyone. My prayers are still with you, thank you for posting your events here for others to learn and make wise choices.
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evoc
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Posted - 07/28/2014 : 06:27:12
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[quote]Originally posted by mandyyy
Thanks lllinda and Evoc for replying :) You are 2 of the few real people (non marketers of these products) replying. Appreciate your honesty. As for the black salve marketing jump ins...(prime opportunity when we are boo hooing curaderm), well now we are going from the sublime to the ridiculous in terms of safety risk huh!? :D. I watched someone I know (who swore by the stuff) end up in hospital with a hole in his head that needed surgery and antibiotics for infection. A surgeon ended up fixing the mess he could of easily removed in the first place. http://www.smh.com.au/national/skin-cancer-warning-over-bogus-black-salve-treatment-20140410-36epv.html same story about it doing something (eating away the cancer) but not getting all of it.. so you keep going... and then oops someone call the Dr. Take care, and i am glad to hear you are doing ok now lllinda :) It was not for nothing ~ many thousands will read this forum and will choose NOT buy curaderm thanks to you :)
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mandyyy, it is good to read your reply about the black salve, and also good to read the reminder that many others will read this forum, sparing themselves the disappointing and dangerous experience of Curaderm and now black salve. The hundreds of dollars spent on Curaderm is better spent on a skilled physician.
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gibsontown
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Posted - 07/29/2014 : 07:51:35
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I did want to add this. I think that testimonies of Curaderm are highly encouraged immediately upon stopping treatment - and posted. Rather than waiting a period of time to see if the cancer is truly gone.
I noticed, both times I completed Curaderm, I was offered immediately a free bottle of essential oil (to help the scar heal) for my testimony. Both times I said I would send it after 6 months or so. I think, of course, only the positive testimonies are published on the sales sights. It does appear effective for many.
At one point (20+ weeks into treatment), I asked if Curaderm ever 'didn't' work. I was told that in some cases people were allergic to the ingredients and their skin would become inflamed, preventing them from using it to treat cancer.
In my case, it looked great both times after treatment. The first time I could tell within 2 weeks that the cancer was still there. This time, after an extended treatment, I'm not convinced it 'isn't' there (and don't want a biopsy again), so I am treating it with iodine for a few weeks before leaving it alone to see what happens.
I'm open to the idea of just kind of holding it back (treating occasionally) instead of facing the horrible surgery that was proposed with skin grafts, etc. After all - this is a pretty tiny spot that nobody can even notice unless I point it out. If it truly is benign, and not deadly, and stays put....I'm not sure surgery is truly necessary.
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Nanoagain
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Posted - 07/29/2014 : 09:48:48
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Hi Gibsontown, while I don't think surgery is a good idea (after having undergone Moh's for BCC), I do think you need to do something as long as there are red marks, growths or a crawling feeling under the skin.
My theory is that the cancer is a viral infection and that it colonizes. We don't see the cancer until it is quite large and probably well established with other colonies ready to take over if something happens to the primary lesion. Thus treatment needs to be over the whole face (at least) and constant until the skin is healthy again. I have had pretty good luck with baking soda paste to remove growths as well as a whole face mask.
Surgery, black salve, vit c--these are all essentially the same thing using different tools--they remove the growth but not the reason for the growth. When we discover that we will cure the cancer and it won't come back.
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kddoty
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Posted - 08/12/2014 : 06:57:01
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In 2012, I successfully treated a spot on my arm with Curaderm but it was not biopsied first. After that, I read that you should have a biopsy to determine the type of cancer before treating with Curaderm, so I had 2 spots (one on my chest and one on my shin) biopsied that turned out to be SCC.
I started using Curaderm on the spots Apr 17, 2014, applying it at least twice per day, usually more because I wanted to speed up the process. It is now almost 4 months later and the spots are still there, unhealed. I've been using this way too long with no results so I've decided to stop using Curaderm. See attached pics. Very disappointing as I had high hopes. I would not recommend using Curaderm. |
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SueZeQ
13 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2014 : 08:47:42
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Gibsontown... Just to be clear... I am NOT any kind of marketer for black salve (as someone else alluded to)... and I did extensive research online before I tried it myself. Here is what I found...
"Amazon Topical Black salve," when used PROPERLY, does not seem to hurt healthy tissue at all. I found NO credible incidences, either in testimony or in news stories, where it did. You'll notice the link above to some idiot that ate a hole in his head because he used the treatment for SIX months on the same spot. SMH. Other stories of bad outcomes also included people that used more than one treatment at the same time, that were advised to stop but didn't, etc. There is no accounting for stupidity or compulsive behavior. Perhaps I did miss some or there are some that might have a bad reaction on their own... people can have weird body chemistry. But I didn't find any in days and days of research that I did. Worse incidences were times when it didn't get all the cancer, or where it left bad scarring.
Perhaps some of these people (like the idiot with the hole in his head) were just confused because Curaderm is the weak treatment and Cansema is what the Amazon Salve USED to be called. I could see people confusing the two names and using the Black Salve but with the directions for Curaderm. Perhaps the name "Amazon" also confused some who saw they could buy Curaderm on the Amazon web site? Who knows?
Amazon Topical Black salve is very similar, but probably not identical, to the formula used by Fredrick Mohs in the invention of his MOHS surgery. See, originally what Mohs did, was use the salve to identify tissue as cancer or not, then he would use a scalpel to cut away the cancerous tissue, then reapply the salve to see if any remaining tissue showed as cancer. Remember, if it's cancerous it turns white (because it's dying), where healthy tissue just gets red and irritated. Isn't it ironic that Doctors consider Mohs surgery one of the "gold standards" - even though they don't use the exact same method he did at all... and also disparage the salve he DID use successfully. Others Doctors have used similar methods... see below.
If you want to check out each individual ingredient in the Salve... the maker has posted the recipe for it online so you can make your own from scratch. Check each botanical and you will find that different research groups have done studies on their effectiveness against cancer... though with most things, results vary.
If I were going with a DIY treatment... The reason I would use the Amazon Topical Black Salve, rather than other treatments, is because other treatments require that the person reapply. This CAN lead a person to OVERtreatment of an area that perhaps should not have been treated at all. Additionally, these other methods don't seem to be as effective anyway.
Amazon Salve is more "clear cut" in how it works... or doesn't. You have a 24 hour "test" period where you can make your own determination whether you should continue and, if you don't, that short amount of time could not, in my opinion, do any extensive damage... it just doesn't work that fast and you would wash remaining residue off.
With the Amazon Salve, when you use it RIGHT... you are only applying it ONCE for 24 hours to see what kind of reaction your skin has. If you are not sure... don't continue using it (see a Doctor if you are still concerned). If, however, you see that the tissue clearly has white edges, then you reapply and leave on for two weeks... withOUT adding any more. Just keep it covered with a bandage. If you follow the steps properly... you don't have the opportunity to "over-treat." I might add that if you have severe pain for more than the first 3-4 days, that you might consider stopping... as that could indicate that your cancer is much deeper than you suspect. In that case I'd probably stop if I still had severe pain on day 5. If your cancer is just surface skin cancer, the pain won't be bad for more than 2-3 days, though you may have occationally twinges or discomfort.
Keep in mind... this is ONLY what I would do... I'm NOT telling anyone else what they should feel comfortable with because we all have to make OUR OWN health care decisions.
But do more research. It CAN be confusing because there are paid "sockpuppets" who will promote something because they make money from it. There are also those that are cheerleaders for the surgery method because they either feel most comfortable with it, or because they too, are paid from that same medical model. There are though... thousands of testimonials from people who used DIY treatment effectively... and only a handful that medical community points to with bad outcomes. I did the math and took a gamble.
Additionally, if you are doing a DIY treatment you have to know there is a risk that the Salve doe NOT get all the cancer. There can be some cells that are deep, and that regrow and spread down the road. This though can also be true with traditional treatments as well. Just take it for what it's worth... here is more "warnings" as to that aspect... http://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(05)01432-5/fulltext
If someone is hesitant to use a DIY treatment and they have the money to throw a few thousand at a Doctor... they should do so. I only did the hours and hours of research I did because I was uninsured and didn't have the money so was motivated. However after seeing how well the $26 jar of salve worked on the first SC, I used it on two other spots as well (one at a time). It worked equally well on those so I saved about $2970. to $8000. which is what the surgery method (x3) would have run me. This was a few years ago, and so far, I've had no recurring problems in those area.
more from this forum... if you haven't see this yet... http://www.topicalinfo.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1095
more interesting info: http://www.whale.to/a/nichol6.html |
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anivoc
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Posted - 08/12/2014 : 09:18:46
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Gibsontown
In regards to Black salve being caustic to healthy skin...
If it was only so easy to answer... First off there isn't just one Black salve...literally 100's of brands out there with equally 100's of ratios of ingredients...that alone makes it impossible to say carte blanc that all black salve paste are or are not caustic to healthy skin.
Black salve is a term broadly and loosely used for Bloodroot paste and many other types of paste.. There are paste with no bloodroot, there are paste with no zinc Chloride...the type of black salve paste that I know has an incredible reaction to skin cancers and was what was used by Doctor Mohs originally as a chemosurgical tool had bloodroot paste and Zinc Chloride and was refereed to as a Zinc Chloride paste.. This all said...different people react differently to this type of paste..
I used a brand that is sold the the veterinary field for horse sarcomas and I know it was legit..(They no longer sell it to the public) There are several tried and true brands that people here can vouch for.
Before I ever used the paste I personally tracked down several people who had used it and corresponded over the net or by phone..these were all people who were not selling the product, they had just used it. When I finally did buy some, before I used it on my skin cancer I applied it to my inner thigh where there was no sun damage and left it there for 24 hours... maybe a little pink but absolutely no reaction or "burning" of the skin..
I then applied it to my skin cancer lesion...WHOA! immediate reaction immediate effect and a whole lot of swelling and pain.
I did one on my nose...I was shocked to see how big of an area was effected from this tiny little spot...fortunately for me it was not as severe as poor Hoxsey's and I did not lose my nose..I healed awesomely well.
That said I suspect that bloodroot paste will cause a reaction anywhere there are diseased / damaged skin cells....thus it will attack keratosis as well as Basal cell or squamous...that could get ugly.
I am currently experimenting with a watered down version..I dilute it with regular vinegar and apply it ...burns like crazy and is shrinking my lesions but I am not getting the WHAM BAM YEOUCH effect of pure paste..in other words I am daily hitting it and slowly burning it away rather than a one shot try and kill it all ..The pro to this is I am not having to deal with the ill effects , the swelling and the ongoing pain, the trade off is I have to do this each day and for a good 20 to 30 minutes it burns like the dickens..then it subsides..till the next day...I dread each day ..I do it right after I take my shower.. I know I am shrinking it and I am in control of how far and deep it goes...but this is experimental and until I know for sure that I won the battle it is a big unknown if this is just an exercise in futility.
Hoping for the best... I am 60 and been dealing with skin cancers since my early 30's...now it looks like my 31 year old daughter is in for the same journey..Unlike myself growing up in "Sunny" California we were diligent about making sure she did not get sun burned yet here she is at 31 already having to have a BCC removed... I think genetics play a big role in this.
I came here several years ago seeking a softer more gentle way than Zinc Chloride paste but as of yet, other than petty spurge, it is really the most effective do it yourself approach I have found. |
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gibsontown
27 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2014 : 12:09:48
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Thank you for the replies. I want to be sure to share my experience with Curaderm, as it was presented far more optimistically than I am beginning to think is true for everyone. I did speak with a few people it worked great for. For me, it was painless, definitely a process that was doing something - but the end result seems to be that it will not eradicate all the cancer deep down. I was told I was healed by the manufacturer (dr. Cham is said to review the photos himself, I suspect others may as well) twice. I did report back that a lesion developed, and they asked me to get a biopsy to see. Obviously, I don't need another biopsy to tell me what I can view. I'm trying to get up the nerve to schedule MOHs.
The photos of Cansema and Amazon black salve on google scared me away from experimenting on my face - I'm not sure it would heal properly. I work in an office otherwise I'd be tempted as I could hide away during treatment!
I tried to find a naturalpath who would oversee treatment but haven't. |
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gibsontown
27 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2014 : 15:35:56
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Thanks so much for this information SueZeQ.
I do know my cancer is infiltrative, and deep. Would that be a good reason to rule out black salve?
I did find a Naturalpath who agreed to treat me systemically and wait/watch the spot to see if we can clear it that way.
Has anyone had success with skin cancer (or heard of it) by approaching it that way?
Anything to avoid surgery. I finally got the nerve to call a surgeon I knew could do sedation (though not if he would agree to on my situation,) and he has retired. Back to square 1.
quote: Originally posted by SueZeQ
Gibsontown... Just to be clear... I am NOT any kind of marketer for black salve (as someone else alluded to)... and I did extensive research online before I tried it myself. Here is what I found...
"Amazon Topical Black salve," when used PROPERLY, does not seem to hurt healthy tissue at all. I found NO credible incidences, either in testimony or in news stories, where it did. You'll notice the link above to some idiot that ate a hole in his head because he used the treatment for SIX months on the same spot. SMH. Other stories of bad outcomes also included people that used more than one treatment at the same time, that were advised to stop but didn't, etc. There is no accounting for stupidity or compulsive behavior. Perhaps I did miss some or there are some that might have a bad reaction on their own... people can have weird body chemistry. But I didn't find any in days and days of research that I did. Worse incidences were times when it didn't get all the cancer, or where it left bad scarring.
Perhaps some of these people (like the idiot with the hole in his head) were just confused because Curaderm is the weak treatment and Cansema is what the Amazon Salve USED to be called. I could see people confusing the two names and using the Black Salve but with the directions for Curaderm. Perhaps the name "Amazon" also confused some who saw they could buy Curaderm on the Amazon web site? Who knows?
Amazon Topical Black salve is very similar, but probably not identical, to the formula used by Fredrick Mohs in the invention of his MOHS surgery. See, originally what Mohs did, was use the salve to identify tissue as cancer or not, then he would use a scalpel to cut away the cancerous tissue, then reapply the salve to see if any remaining tissue showed as cancer. Remember, if it's cancerous it turns white (because it's dying), where healthy tissue just gets red and irritated. Isn't it ironic that Doctors consider Mohs surgery one of the "gold standards" - even though they don't use the exact same method he did at all... and also disparage the salve he DID use successfully. Others Doctors have used similar methods... see below.
If you want to check out each individual ingredient in the Salve... the maker has posted the recipe for it online so you can make your own from scratch. Check each botanical and you will find that different research groups have done studies on their effectiveness against cancer... though with most things, results vary.
If I were going with a DIY treatment... The reason I would use the Amazon Topical Black Salve, rather than other treatments, is because other treatments require that the person reapply. This CAN lead a person to OVERtreatment of an area that perhaps should not have been treated at all. Additionally, these other methods don't seem to be as effective anyway.
Amazon Salve is more "clear cut" in how it works... or doesn't. You have a 24 hour "test" period where you can make your own determination whether you should continue and, if you don't, that short amount of time could not, in my opinion, do any extensive damage... it just doesn't work that fast and you would wash remaining residue off.
With the Amazon Salve, when you use it RIGHT... you are only applying it ONCE for 24 hours to see what kind of reaction your skin has. If you are not sure... don't continue using it (see a Doctor if you are still concerned). If, however, you see that the tissue clearly has white edges, then you reapply and leave on for two weeks... withOUT adding any more. Just keep it covered with a bandage. If you follow the steps properly... you don't have the opportunity to "over-treat." I might add that if you have severe pain for more than the first 3-4 days, that you might consider stopping... as that could indicate that your cancer is much deeper than you suspect. In that case I'd probably stop if I still had severe pain on day 5. If your cancer is just surface skin cancer, the pain won't be bad for more than 2-3 days, though you may have occationally twinges or discomfort.
Keep in mind... this is ONLY what I would do... I'm NOT telling anyone else what they should feel comfortable with because we all have to make OUR OWN health care decisions.
But do more research. It CAN be confusing because there are paid "sockpuppets" who will promote something because they make money from it. There are also those that are cheerleaders for the surgery method because they either feel most comfortable with it, or because they too, are paid from that same medical model. There are though... thousands of testimonials from people who used DIY treatment effectively... and only a handful that medical community points to with bad outcomes. I did the math and took a gamble.
Additionally, if you are doing a DIY treatment you have to know there is a risk that the Salve doe NOT get all the cancer. There can be some cells that are deep, and that regrow and spread down the road. This though can also be true with traditional treatments as well. Just take it for what it's worth... here is more "warnings" as to that aspect... http://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(05)01432-5/fulltext
If someone is hesitant to use a DIY treatment and they have the money to throw a few thousand at a Doctor... they should do so. I only did the hours and hours of research I did because I was uninsured and didn't have the money so was motivated. However after seeing how well the $26 jar of salve worked on the first SC, I used it on two other spots as well (one at a time). It worked equally well on those so I saved about $2970. to $8000. which is what the surgery method (x3) would have run me. This was a few years ago, and so far, I've had no recurring problems in those area.
more from this forum... if you haven't see this yet... http://www.topicalinfo.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1095
more interesting info: http://www.whale.to/a/nichol6.html
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howardz43
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Posted - 09/03/2014 : 11:35:14
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Hi mandyyy,
As I said or indicated previously, I had a lot more cancer all over my body (scalp, face, neck, shoulders, back, ribs, belly, arms, thighs, calves, top of feet etc., than I ever dreamed of. I am so glad that Curaderm is formulated to trace down and expose all of the cancer that is linked to the spots that I began treating. A lot of what I have worked on involved getting very deep lesions that have taken many months to completely heal so that I can barely see that anything was ever going on there. As of this writing my scalp, neck, and my face, are finished. They are looking very good. On my face, it took a lot of work and perseverance to get rid of the cancer at the line between the normal facial skin and the melanin skin of the lips. Saliva kept getting under the tape and washing away the cream.
I'm still working on some other parts of my body to get a good cosmetic result. There is some mild 'scarring,' mostly that the new skin replacing the lesions is a lighter color than the original skin. My right calf, which was horrible looking due to all of the lesions which developed, is now almost completely healed. My left calf where I had the two silver dollar size deep black holes, those holes have shrunk to about the size of dimes, are healthy-looking, and continuing to heal. The surrounding raw eroded skin area is filling in. And oh, I almost forgot to mention the tops of my thighs that almost looked like raw hamburger (yes, really) due to all the lesions which developed, that are now all filled in with healthy tissue, are smooth with virtually no scarring.
I see no sign of the many lesions that have healed recurring.
And yes, six years ago I had Mohs surgery done on what was the bleeding sore on my cheek that wouldn't heal, and in 3-4 months it was coming back. I think the Surgeon simply didn't want to take out enough tissue, because to do so would have disfigured my face, which then would have required plastic surgery to repair. So, yes, I guess I was very "unlucky." Also 'unlucky,' I guess, that Curaderm finished up what remained of the cancer after the surgery, which probably was the strings of cells spreading out from the original cancer node. How is a Mohs surgeon supposed to remove all of those strings of cells with the laser? They are too small and diffusely spreading out. Nor do I think that Black Salve, Bloodroot Paste etc., which are much cheaper ($), trace out all those strings of cancer cells. They have no laboratory tested ingredients in them which would do that.
One can do surgery to destroy the node in various ways (some ways are expensive ($) and some are not), or one can use Curaderm to eradicate the entire cancer. That's how I currently see all of this 'controversy.' Of couse if one might have something going on that Curaderm will not deal with, that's why Curaderm advise to go to a licensed physician or dermatologist to have it checked out. And of course those doctors are not going to recommend that you use Curaderm for anything, because they don't get any money ($) from doing so.
Curaderm, from every indication I have observed from using it on myself for many years now, follows out the strings of cancer cells from the node that one is treating, and gets rid of all of it, as the research says that it does. If the strings of cancer cells lead to, or connect with, other nearby cancerous areas, the cream will start to produce lesions in those areas which will begin to show up. Also, I have seen that the cream may take more time to work it's way into the entire cancer, so that one can be working on one lesion, get it almost healed, and then right next to it another apparently different lesion might appear. No problem. Keep going and work on that lesion until the entire cancer is eradicated in that area. I've had this happen many times with various lesions, and that is what I have done.
For Dr. Cham's credentials, an overview of his research, his patent on BEC5, and what he went through in Australia, it is all posted at www(dot)bec5creamdirect(dot)com. Click on History, go the bottom of the page, and under the photos of Vanuatu, click to read an interview with Dr. Bill E. Cham, PhD on the development of BEC5 Cream for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer. All of the clinical studies and other research results are posted on that web site. Also, read The Eggplant Cancer Cure by Dr. Cham, for a very detailed short book on skin cancer (with some really good photos), and how Curaderm works to get rid of it.
Yes, all of this has been expensive ($) for all the tubes I cream that I have purchased and am unable to get VA or Medicare reimbursement for, due to the lack of FDA approval here in the U.S. It would be so nice if I was getting paid ($) to post my good results, although getting good results has not been without considerable psychological stress and difficulties as I have explained or indicated in my previous posts.
quote: Originally posted by mandyyy
Hi howardz43, sorry I don't agree with you at all. My cancer was not worse than i realised, and i suffered through the pain without stopping until a large hole was seared into my face and then new skin grew. It was biopsied and diagnosed, and then biopsied again, by Drs. I followed ALL the curaderm instructions, and i even thought i was cured if you go back and read my posts. My post it to warn people about Curaderm not being successful as claimed. You are saying that your cancer came back after MOHS? Well that is terribly unlucky because it has a SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN rate of cure at 97% here in Australia , so wow how unlucky were you? What is the success rate of Curaderm for BCC apart from (unacceptable to the science community) published anecdotal evidence from a DR who fled the country, and a book he wrote about eggplants curing cancer? Zero, and a hell of a lot of unhappy (and sore!) people. I know curaderm does eat into the cancer, but that is exactly what Saliyclic Acid should do if you put it on your skin. I totally get that other hack and hope surgeries are not highly successful, because you never know if you got it all out, but with MOHS they don't stop until they have have ZERO cancer cells showing up in the treated area under a microscope? Who can argue with that? I have nothing to gain from being honest on this forum, and those supporting this non approved, kind of works cream, have a lot to gain.
howardz43 perhaps this cream can work on Keratosis and can regress cancer, but it is terribly wrong for the makers of this cream to espouse an 80 to 100% success rate on BCCs. It is called illegal advertising in my country and hence why Dr Cham does not reside here or sell it legally. It was taken off the PBS for a reason. A real loving humanitarian (as they make him out to be) would stop selling it until they got the formula right, and obtained the medical results required by law, to make it a real, safe and legal option in the use of BCC cancer cure. Enough said on this now, i am moving on from this BCC chapter of my life. Best wishes to all who have skin cancer, may you find your treatment and l pray you all make decision based on truth and what is real. When you are sick you are very vulnerable to wanting to believe there is a magic cure.
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mandyyy
12 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2014 : 14:54:51
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Hi howardz43, sounds like you need to sue your so called surgeon, not spend pages supporting Curaderm. In Australia a surgeon who 'felt like they couldn't take all the cancer out' would be struck off the medical board. You must see your case against MOHS sounds ridiculous? I've had my MOHS surgery now (early August). I won't say it was a picnic in the park to have my nose cut open, but I was so safe, cared for, and now I am cancer free and recovering well. My biggest problem in life is now (small) scar management, not cancer. At about 6 months post surgery I will assess scar options if required. I just thank God I didn't leave it any longer. I'm not sure what the curaderm did because the cancer was large and certainly not even remotely gone. Your statement "or one can use Curaderm to eradicate the entire cancer" is laughable and dangerous. I know you want to be the last thread on this forum to leave the reader wanting to purchase, but I'm hopefully people are smarter than that.
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howardz43
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Posted - 09/04/2014 : 10:16:53
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mandyyy, I know that you and several others 'want to be the last poster on this forum' extolling whatever they think is best and bashing Curaderm with lots of emotional rancor and bitterness due to the terrible results they got, or it's just too slow and takes a long time etc. I've read through many of these sad stories, but with the real horror stories it is not clear what they were trying to use Curaderm to heal in the first place. They never got it checked out medically, first. Could it not be that if they had done so they might have saved themselves a lot of wasted expense, time, and trouble? I've simply been telling what my results from using Curaderm are so far. If you and others don't like it, TS (that means Tough Sh_t)! ;-p As for the Mhos surgery that I had, it was done at probably the best Veterans hospital here in the U.S. with the most advanced techniques available because it is closely related to a major university medical school right next door. The surgeon was a very nice lady surgeon, and I don't blame her, I think she did the best work that she could, so again :-p to you, and to the others who are posting here that are similar to you in your attitude and sarcasm. It comes through quite well in how you say what you say. Enough said?
quote: Originally posted by mandyyy
Hi howardz43, sounds like you need to sue your so called surgeon, not spend pages supporting Curaderm. In Australia a surgeon who 'felt like they couldn't take all the cancer out' would be struck off the medical board. You must see your case against MOHS sounds ridiculous? I've had my MOHS surgery now (early August). I won't say it was a picnic in the park to have my nose cut open, but I was so safe, cared for, and now I am cancer free and recovering well. My biggest problem in life is now (small) scar management, not cancer. At about 6 months post surgery I will assess scar options if required. I just thank God I didn't leave it any longer. I'm not sure what the curaderm did because the cancer was large and certainly not even remotely gone. Your statement "or one can use Curaderm to eradicate the entire cancer" is laughable and dangerous. I know you want to be the last thread on this forum to leave the reader wanting to purchase, but I'm hopefully people are smarter than that.
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anivoc
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Posted - 09/04/2014 : 18:27:48
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Howard the pendulum swings both ways. As long as you keep it civil, you are free to come here and post relevant thoughts, ideas and opinions.
Many people here including myself tried Curaderm and found it to be a painful waste of time and money. There are several more effective, less expensive alternative treatments.
I would personally never recommend Curaderm to anybody.
If you want to tout Curaderms wonders carry on....just be aware, that just like you, everyone here is welcome to express their opinions. Just because they don't line up with yours doesn't make them wrong. |
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mandyyy
12 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2014 : 19:07:34
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woah, keep your coolio's Mr howardz43. Peace to you :))))) Just not to Curaderm :P
quote: Originally posted by howardz43
mandyyy, I know that you and several others 'want to be the last poster on this forum' extolling whatever they think is best and bashing Curaderm with lots of emotional rancor and bitterness due to the terrible results they got, or it's just too slow and takes a long time etc. I've read through many of these sad stories, but with the real horror stories it is not clear what they were trying to use Curaderm to heal in the first place. They never got it checked out medically, first. Could it not be that if they had done so they might have saved themselves a lot of wasted expense, time, and trouble? I've simply been telling what my results from using Curaderm are so far. If you and others don't like it, TS (that means Tough Sh_t)! ;-p As for the Mhos surgery that I had, it was done at probably the best Veterans hospital here in the U.S. with the most advanced techniques available because it is closely related to a major university medical school right next door. The surgeon was a very nice lady surgeon, and I don't blame her, I think she did the best work that she could, so again :-p to you, and to the others who are posting here that are similar to you in your attitude and sarcasm. It comes through quite well in how you say what you say. Enough said?
quote: Originally posted by mandyyy
Hi howardz43, sounds like you need to sue your so called surgeon, not spend pages supporting Curaderm. In Australia a surgeon who 'felt like they couldn't take all the cancer out' would be struck off the medical board. You must see your case against MOHS sounds ridiculous? I've had my MOHS surgery now (early August). I won't say it was a picnic in the park to have my nose cut open, but I was so safe, cared for, and now I am cancer free and recovering well. My biggest problem in life is now (small) scar management, not cancer. At about 6 months post surgery I will assess scar options if required. I just thank God I didn't leave it any longer. I'm not sure what the curaderm did because the cancer was large and certainly not even remotely gone. Your statement "or one can use Curaderm to eradicate the entire cancer" is laughable and dangerous. I know you want to be the last thread on this forum to leave the reader wanting to purchase, but I'm hopefully people are smarter than that.
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gibsontown
27 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2014 : 06:21:15
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quote: Originally posted by anivoc
Howard the pendulum swings both ways. As long as you keep it civil, you are free to come here and post relevant thoughts, ideas and opinions.
Many people here including myself tried Curaderm and found it to be a painful waste of time and money. There are several more effective, less expensive alternative treatments.
I would personally never recommend Curaderm to anybody.
If you want to tout Curaderms wonders carry on....just be aware, that just like you, everyone here is welcome to express their opinions. Just because they don't line up with yours doesn't make them wrong.
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gibsontown
27 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2014 : 06:24:22
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Didn't work for me - and I tried it for 9 months on a very, very tiny spot. Just had surgery. It did make the cancer grow back far bigger and more aggressive according to my doctor.
quote: Originally posted by anivoc
Howard the pendulum swings both ways. As long as you keep it civil, you are free to come here and post relevant thoughts, ideas and opinions.
Many people here including myself tried Curaderm and found it to be a painful waste of time and money. There are several more effective, less expensive alternative treatments.
I would personally never recommend Curaderm to anybody.
If you want to tout Curaderms wonders carry on....just be aware, that just like you, everyone here is welcome to express their opinions. Just because they don't line up with yours doesn't make them wrong.
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SueZeQ
13 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2014 : 08:30:24
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Hi Gibsontown...
I'm reluctant to give any advice as I can only, in truth, say what I would do.
However if I had a skin cancer or lesion that seemed more "invasive" I would probably choose to do the Amazon Topical Black Salve treatment on the surface cancer... then AFTER that was done, I'd do the "internal" tonic that Alpha Omega Lab's sells to try and get any cancer that was more internal. Apparently even people with breast cancer have (according to posts I've found), used that successfully.
The other thing I would do is go to an independent lab and have blood tests run a month or so after I was done with my DIY treatment. You can go directly to these labs and save money... however you still need a Cancer Doctor (or nurse) that understand the lab results.
Cancer apparently leaves "markers" in the bloodwork.
This is what I would do on my own.... before subjecting myself to Western medical treatments like surgery and chemo.
Of course, if my cancer was really invasive I'd do a variety of other things as well... Modified Citrus Pectin (the brand from Dr. Eliaz or from Qivana), I'd go to an "anti-cancer" diet... which is mostly plant based and alkaline. I'd drink alkaline water, and I would do "micro-current" treatments as well as other botanicals that have anti-cancer properties.
I know a woman who had 4th stage breast cancer that did these things (except for the Alpha Omega products) and completely rid herself of the cancer in four months. Her blood work came back clean after.
Certain things, like Modified Citrus Pectin, should be taken DAILY by anyone that is prone to cancer. Also, ridding your home of TOXINS is important too... take out any carpeting, use no VOC paint on your walls, spring clean with NONtoxic cleaners.
75% of cancer is caused by environment and nutrition. |
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SueZeQ
13 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2014 : 08:40:37
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One more thought... even experienced integrative and Naturopathic Doctors, like Dr. Isaac Eliaz, will tell you that it's almost impossible to cure internal cancer with just ONE natural treatment alone, they work too slow. So it seems like you would need multiple things together for best results.
Also, detoxing from heavy metals is very important as they interfere with your bodies natural ability to absorb some of the anti-cancer things, like Selenium.
In additional to the regular Modified Citrus Pectin Dr. Eliaz developed, he also developed one with kelp... that will detox you from five things... mercury, aluminum, cadnium, arsenic and lead. That is sold by Dr. Eliaz, and is what Qivana sells under the name DeTox. This is proven to work in clinical trials... it's not "woo-woo" stuff. |
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gibsontown
27 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2014 : 09:10:50
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Hi SuzQ - I addressed my basal cell a multitude of ways. I went through probably half a dozen topical approaches over a years span, plus quite a few internal / supplemental and nutritional approaches. And this is on top of the last 35 years of extremely clean living (organic, daily exercise, sun, air, etc). That said, I forgot about the cancer for a couple months after the last Curaderm treatment. It looked great for a few months, then suddenly opened up into a lesion. It was under there all along.
I figured it would be obvious if it returned. And it was. No more messing around for me. Glad to be done with it. I'd try topical again, only on a brand new, extremely small spot. This one had been there too long 2 or 3 years, before I realized it was suspicious. Now I would realize it right away. |
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SueZeQ
13 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2014 : 11:54:05
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Nothing beats experience! Glad you nipped it finally. Best wishes! |
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howardz43
19 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2014 : 13:23:21
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anivoc, do you own this web site? I think not. Of course I'm free here to express my experience, thoughts, and opinions. Yet I still get the impression that you think that you own the site and that my views are allowed here only by your permission, and so we've discussed that issue previously. I think you are really less 'offended' by how I express my views linguistically than you are that I have good results with Curaderm and am not bashing it like you and others are doing. That others here have had some bad experiences involving Curaderm does not make me posting my good results 'wrong,' or 'politically incorrect' for doing so, except perhaps in the minds of those posting here who have had the bad experiences.
I would recommend to anyone having their skin condition checked out by a licensed professional dermatologist. If it's BCC or SCC and not metastatic, or melanoma, I recommend to try Curaderm, especially if they have only a few spots or small areas. If they have skin cancer all over their body, they should be VERY careful in applying it to limit as much as possible the overall active, oozing, lesion area they may end up having to treat in each treatment session. Read my previous posts regarding that problem. My experience is that Curaderm works very well, almost too well.
quote: Originally posted by anivoc
Howard the pendulum swings both ways. As long as you keep it civil, you are free to come here and post relevant thoughts, ideas and opinions.
Many people here including myself tried Curaderm and found it to be a painful waste of time and money. There are several more effective, less expensive alternative treatments.
I would personally never recommend Curaderm to anybody.
If you want to tout Curaderms wonders carry on....just be aware, that just like you, everyone here is welcome to express their opinions. Just because they don't line up with yours doesn't make them wrong.
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howardz43
19 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2014 : 13:55:06
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gibsontown, If that tiny spot was cancerous and Curaderm didn't work on it for 9 months, how did Curaderm "make the cancer grow back far bigger and more aggressive," per your doctor? I mean, either Curaderm had no effect, or, Curaderm did have the effect that your doctor said. Or, is it both ways at the same time? If it did have such an effect, don't you think that you would have noticed that kind of an effect, just a little bit? I also wonder if maybe you got a counterfeit of Curaderm. Dr. Cham said in his book, The Eggplant Cancer Cure that: "As described earlier in this book, it is not a simple matter of having glycoalkaloids in a cream or gel and assume that this is a treatment for skin cancer. Cancer is a serious condition. A tremendous amount of careful work was done to obtain these purified glycoalkaloids without traces of their inhibitors (interfering substances) from the plant materials. If this preparation is not properly completed, the end product will be useless, as experienced by patients who have been cleverly enticed to use counterfeit products. I have received numerous telephone calls, facsimiles, and emails from patients, all over the world, who have used these counterfeit products without success. The following is an example of a typical email received.
“Greetings, I have used Curaderm in the past with great success. Last year I tried to order the product from…and was told it was now called…I waited 4 months and finally received two tubes of…(supposedly Curaderm) with an offer to buy a book claiming to have the answer for skin cancer. Well, it didn’t have the consistency of Curaderm, it didn’t smell like Curaderm and quite honestly it was worthless. I was very impressed with the real Curaderm and would like to purchase some. If you could direct me to a reliable source I would be very grateful. Thanks"
quote: Originally posted by gibsontown
Didn't work for me - and I tried it for 9 months on a very, very tiny spot. Just had surgery. It did make the cancer grow back far bigger and more aggressive according to my doctor.
quote: Originally posted by anivoc
Howard the pendulum swings both ways. As long as you keep it civil, you are free to come here and post relevant thoughts, ideas and opinions.
Many people here including myself tried Curaderm and found it to be a painful waste of time and money. There are several more effective, less expensive alternative treatments.
I would personally never recommend Curaderm to anybody.
If you want to tout Curaderms wonders carry on....just be aware, that just like you, everyone here is welcome to express their opinions. Just because they don't line up with yours doesn't make them wrong.
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gibsontown
27 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2014 : 08:52:35
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It ate away at the (top portion) of the spot for most of that 9 months, yes. It was VERY reactive. Which is why my Doctor was kind of interested in it, and didn't object to me trying it. But 9 months is way too long to waste, in hindsite. :)
And sure, it looked totally successful for a few weeks after both treatments. But a couple months later a gaping, weeping even larger lesion opened up. My doctor said it simply cannot get to the very roots. I agree. Killing off part of the tumor, in his opinion, allows the roots to come back far more aggressively.
I totally regret wasting a year on Curaderm, and false hope. The tumor removed (after both treatments of Curaderm) was the size of a nickel, and deep. I have a 3" incision and cartilage graft. I wonder how much easier the surgery would have gone had I simply removed the tumor immediately, rather than 'trimming' it to grow deeper the past year.
I only post this so others will know. It seems that those who post success (on the website for sales) are only the ones immediately after treatment. Sure. Mine looked great for a few months, too.
I requested in writing that my testimony also be posted, so people can get an accurate view. But they will not post my testimony of trying it and it not resulting in a success in the end.
Maybe it simply doesn't work on infiltrative BCC like mine (the manufacturer insisted that 'over 15,000 cases of infiltrative have been cured.' What is the actual cure rate, 5 years later? Nobody seems to know - that info seems censured, to me, the consumer.
quote: Originally posted by howardz43
gibsontown, If that tiny spot was cancerous and Curaderm didn't work on it for 9 months, how did Curaderm "make the cancer grow back far bigger and more aggressive," per your doctor? I mean, either Curaderm had no effect, or, Curaderm did have the effect that your doctor said. Or, is it both ways at the same time? If it did have such an effect, don't you think that you would have noticed that kind of an effect, just a little bit? I also wonder if maybe you got a counterfeit of Curaderm. Dr. Cham said in his book, The Eggplant Cancer Cure that: "As described earlier in this book, it is not a simple matter of having glycoalkaloids in a cream or gel and assume that this is a treatment for skin cancer. Cancer is a serious condition. A tremendous amount of careful work was done to obtain these purified glycoalkaloids without traces of their inhibitors (interfering substances) from the plant materials. If this preparation is not properly completed, the end product will be useless, as experienced by patients who have been cleverly enticed to use counterfeit products. I have received numerous telephone calls, facsimiles, and emails from patients, all over the world, who have used these counterfeit products without success. The following is an example of a typical email received.
“Greetings, I have used Curaderm in the past with great success. Last year I tried to order the product from…and was told it was now called…I waited 4 months and finally received two tubes of…(supposedly Curaderm) with an offer to buy a book claiming to have the answer for skin cancer. Well, it didn’t have the consistency of Curaderm, it didn’t smell like Curaderm and quite honestly it was worthless. I was very impressed with the real Curaderm and would like to purchase some. If you could direct me to a reliable source I would be very grateful. Thanks"
quote: Originally posted by gibsontown
Didn't work for me - and I tried it for 9 months on a very, very tiny spot. Just had surgery. It did make the cancer grow back far bigger and more aggressive according to my doctor.
quote: Originally posted by anivoc
Howard the pendulum swings both ways. As long as you keep it civil, you are free to come here and post relevant thoughts, ideas and opinions.
Many people here including myself tried Curaderm and found it to be a painful waste of time and money. There are several more effective, less expensive alternative treatments.
I would personally never recommend Curaderm to anybody.
If you want to tout Curaderms wonders carry on....just be aware, that just like you, everyone here is welcome to express their opinions. Just because they don't line up with yours doesn't make them wrong.
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howardz43
19 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2014 : 17:24:43
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There is no way for me to know for sure, but very honestly, from my approximate 4 years of experience with using Curaderm, what you describe sounds to me like what happens when one doesn't always clean the lesion(s) very thoroughly prior to each treatment. The instructions warn to not let lesions get covered over with skin so that the cream is no longer getting into the underlying cancer. If one doesn't do that, lesions will tend to get covered over by dead skin, especially as they shrink after first becoming maximally inflamed. If one doesn't remove the dead skin, the lesion(s) will get covered over, and on the surface, to visual inspection, they will appear to be healing. The end result may look pretty good on the surface. The underlying cancer however will continue to grow beneath the apparently healed skin surface, and ultimately break through again, sometimes bigger and worse looking than before. Nine months is a plausible enough amount of time for that to occur. And of course, the Dr. is going to interpret it in the way you say that he did. My experience is that Curaderm will get to the roots of the nastiest-looking, deep lesions imaginable, and will heal them from the bottom up (not the top down) so long as one keeps them open at the top so that the ongoing applications of the cream can get into the 'raw meat' of the lesions.
quote: Originally posted by gibsontown
It ate away at the (top portion) of the spot for most of that 9 months, yes. It was VERY reactive. Which is why my Doctor was kind of interested in it, and didn't object to me trying it. But 9 months is way too long to waste, in hindsite. :)
And sure, it looked totally successful for a few weeks after both treatments. But a couple months later a gaping, weeping even larger lesion opened up. My doctor said it simply cannot get to the very roots. I agree. Killing off part of the tumor, in his opinion, allows the roots to come back far more aggressively.
I totally regret wasting a year on Curaderm, and false hope. The tumor removed (after both treatments of Curaderm) was the size of a nickel, and deep. I have a 3" incision and cartilage graft. I wonder how much easier the surgery would have gone had I simply removed the tumor immediately, rather than 'trimming' it to grow deeper the past year.
I only post this so others will know. It seems that those who post success (on the website for sales) are only the ones immediately after treatment. Sure. Mine looked great for a few months, too.
I requested in writing that my testimony also be posted, so people can get an accurate view. But they will not post my testimony of trying it and it not resulting in a success in the end.
Maybe it simply doesn't work on infiltrative BCC like mine (the manufacturer insisted that 'over 15,000 cases of infiltrative have been cured.' What is the actual cure rate, 5 years later? Nobody seems to know - that info seems censured, to me, the consumer.
quote: Originally posted by howardz43
gibsontown, If that tiny spot was cancerous and Curaderm didn't work on it for 9 months, how did Curaderm "make the cancer grow back far bigger and more aggressive," per your doctor? I mean, either Curaderm had no effect, or, Curaderm did have the effect that your doctor said. Or, is it both ways at the same time? If it did have such an effect, don't you think that you would have noticed that kind of an effect, just a little bit? I also wonder if maybe you got a counterfeit of Curaderm. Dr. Cham said in his book, The Eggplant Cancer Cure that: "As described earlier in this book, it is not a simple matter of having glycoalkaloids in a cream or gel and assume that this is a treatment for skin cancer. Cancer is a serious condition. A tremendous amount of careful work was done to obtain these purified glycoalkaloids without traces of their inhibitors (interfering substances) from the plant materials. If this preparation is not properly completed, the end product will be useless, as experienced by patients who have been cleverly enticed to use counterfeit products. I have received numerous telephone calls, facsimiles, and emails from patients, all over the world, who have used these counterfeit products without success. The following is an example of a typical email received.
“Greetings, I have used Curaderm in the past with great success. Last year I tried to order the product from…and was told it was now called…I waited 4 months and finally received two tubes of…(supposedly Curaderm) with an offer to buy a book claiming to have the answer for skin cancer. Well, it didn’t have the consistency of Curaderm, it didn’t smell like Curaderm and quite honestly it was worthless. I was very impressed with the real Curaderm and would like to purchase some. If you could direct me to a reliable source I would be very grateful. Thanks"
quote: Originally posted by gibsontown
Didn't work for me - and I tried it for 9 months on a very, very tiny spot. Just had surgery. It did make the cancer grow back far bigger and more aggressive according to my doctor.
quote: Originally posted by anivoc
Howard the pendulum swings both ways. As long as you keep it civil, you are free to come here and post relevant thoughts, ideas and opinions.
Many people here including myself tried Curaderm and found it to be a painful waste of time and money. There are several more effective, less expensive alternative treatments.
I would personally never recommend Curaderm to anybody.
If you want to tout Curaderms wonders carry on....just be aware, that just like you, everyone here is welcome to express their opinions. Just because they don't line up with yours doesn't make them wrong.
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gibsontown
27 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2014 : 23:12:51
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I'm glad it worked for you Howard. I followed very, very specific instructions from the manufacturer (who I was informed was 'the Doctor who created it, himself') and probably exchanged several dozen photos over the 9 month course of treatment.
Each photo was analyized and directions given, and another photo requested. Never was there 'dead skin' over the lesion. And never was it suggested that I harshly scrub 'dead skin' away from an obviously open, raw lesion.
Curaderm simply did not work for me. There was zero user error. I am willing to go another year or two 'trying' again, after it was proclaimed cured (by said manufacturer) twice during the 9 months, and I was instructed to stop Curaderm because all signs of cancer were gone. This simply was not the case for me. They were wrong. It did not work.
I wish I had found others willing to share that information so I could have made a better decision, perhaps after the first treatment (12 weeks) failed to eradicate it. |
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mandyyy
12 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2014 : 00:44:02
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oh God , thanks for jumping back in gibonstown. My experience with Curaderm being a scam mirrored yours exactly. Someone HAS to stop that curaderm marketer from being the last to reply on this forum. It's getting quite comical now that he keeps on going . . . and going . . . and going . .. He HAS to write the last post to keep it positive for Curaderm. Considering the majority of the curaderm testimonials on this forum are negative and are quite clear it is not successful and downright dangerous to use, I ask: why the heck does he need to patrol this forum consistently trying to protect Curaderm's reputation?? We all have strong & legitimate reasons for being here - to warn people from our scary experiences, and from being ripped off like we were. But him? You'd think "humanitarian" Dr Cham would be horrified for us all, and pull Curaderm from sale to work on his formula and correct false marketing, right? Must laugh or will cry 
gibonstown have you had your cancer treated properly now? Don't be frightened of MOHS, it's worth the $ to have the peace of mind that it is truly gone. I was terrified (hence seeking magical cures . . . "slaps myself in the head" ). If you want to see pics of my op and the recovery etc you can PM me. My cancer was quite big in the end, as the Curaderm really aggravated all the cells and caused it to get larger :( My Dr was so sad for me, cause it was my face (but she did refrain from saying "I told you so"
I'm doing great now and i'm 5 weeks post surgery. In hindsight BCC's are easy but expensive to treat.. not sure why it was so scary for me. I think the "C" word scared me. And lets face it that youtube video of the guy using curaderm on his head looked SO easy and believable!! I should have thought more about the fact he SELLS curaderm ("2nd slap on my head" ). The bigger picture is that I'm SO grateful I only had a BCC and not a melanoma! I'm actually very lucky  |
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evoc
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Posted - 09/09/2014 : 07:06:53
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gibsontown, my second experience with Curaderm was similar to what you describe. I had spots appear suddenly while treating a single spot. None of them ever did heal. They looked about to heal then as the crater shrunk to ready to be gone it would get a small thin flesh colored scab over it, which was easy to remove leaving a larger crater. This went on for two more months leaving a treatment lasting four months until I stopped using Curaderm and applied Neosporin for a quick three day healing. Had I not stopped the Curaderm the spots may never have healed. The several spots finally healed by neosporin left bright red scars.
The bright red spots were there from the Curaderm not caused by neosporin.My doc looked disgusted. He took a biopsy of one of the spots I did not treat and it was negative for any malignancy. He said it was dermatitis from the Curaderm. He had me treat that with strong steroid cream and heavy moisturizer. After three weeks all of that was gone. Nothing gets rid of the bright red scars showing my foolhardiness.
When I admitted to myself the Curaderm was not working as it did the first time I used it, I wondered if the formula were different or had gotten weaker. I ordered a fifth and final tube which I received but did not use. I was done with Curaderm. It was done with me.
I wonder how many of us are walking around with the visible scarring from this product that eats away healthy non-cancerous skin and does not heal. The first time I used Curaderm it seemed to work as the makers claim. The second time was like a different formulation completely. It ate into the skin, any skin and did not heal anything.
I think it is clear from the last post from the guy who raves about Curaderm that he is an employee. He said he receives emails faxes from patients. That is a function of a physician or scientist working for Curaderm, not a regular consumer. Shame on Curaderm first for scamming us all and then for posting the company liar here to further the scam. Curaderm's official word to me was they think people should stop reading these forums. Then they removed all the Curaderm forums. But they plant someone here.
quote: Originally posted by gibsontown
I'm glad it worked for you Howard. I followed very, very specific instructions from the manufacturer (who I was informed was 'the Doctor who created it, himself') and probably exchanged several dozen photos over the 9 month course of treatment.
Each photo was analyized and directions given, and another photo requested. Never was there 'dead skin' over the lesion. And never was it suggested that I harshly scrub 'dead skin' away from an obviously open, raw lesion.
Curaderm simply did not work for me. There was zero user error. I am willing to go another year or two 'trying' again, after it was proclaimed cured (by said manufacturer) twice during the 9 months, and I was instructed to stop Curaderm because all signs of cancer were gone. This simply was not the case for me. They were wrong. It did not work.
I wish I had found others willing to share that information so I could have made a better decision, perhaps after the first treatment (12 weeks) failed to eradicate it.
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Nanoagain
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Posted - 09/09/2014 : 07:39:14
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Mandyy, do keep in mind that your doctor is also selling something. Current mainstream medical treats cancers primarily by debulking the cancer (surgically or chemically) and then hopes that the patient's body will be able to get on top of the disease. They do not cure the cancer by removing it.
About a month after having MOHs for my BCC, another lesion was quickly growing on another part of my face. About eight months after the operation, bumps were beginning to occur right along the incision line. Right away I treated with various combos of vitamins and minerals and they reduced or went away. I did not get a biopsy, but they reacted the way that the cancer had in response to vitamin C. So unfortunately, MOHs did not prevent more lesions--some in the exact same area that had been so meticulously cut out.
Removing the cancer, whether by MOHs surgery, Curaderm, black salve, etc. is only part of the solution. You are only debulking the cancer with these different methods, but the big question is how to enable your body to get rid of any remaining cancer.
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howardz43
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Posted - 09/09/2014 : 07:57:50
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evoc, If you're talking about someone else, please clarify that fact. The only 'conversation' about Curaderm that I've been having is with a few people here in this forum. Otherwise, those are some really asinine and delusional things to say, if you're referring to me. I'm NOT an employee of Curaderm nor am I "planted" here by them in any way, shape, or form. Where have I said that that I "receive emails and faxes from patients?" If you're referring to me in that regard, you are a flat-out liar. If you're referring to me, please quote what I said, or give directions to the post where I said any such thing. You can't do that because it is all in your imagination.
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gibsontown, "... I think it is clear from the last post from the guy who raves about Curaderm that he is an employee. He said he receives emails faxes from patients. That is a function of a physician or scientist working for Curaderm, not a regular consumer. Shame on Curaderm first for scamming us all and then for posting the company liar here to further the scam. "Curaderm's official word to me was they think people should stop reading these forums. Then they removed all the Curaderm forums. But they plant someone here."
quote: Originally posted by gibsontown
I'm glad it worked for you Howard. I followed very, very specific instructions from the manufacturer (who I was informed was 'the Doctor who created it, himself') and probably exchanged several dozen photos over the 9 month course of treatment.
Each photo was analyized and directions given, and another photo requested. Never was there 'dead skin' over the lesion. And never was it suggested that I harshly scrub 'dead skin' away from an obviously open, raw lesion.
Curaderm simply did not work for me. There was zero user error. I am willing to go another year or two 'trying' again, after it was proclaimed cured (by said manufacturer) twice during the 9 months, and I was instructed to stop Curaderm because all signs of cancer were gone. This simply was not the case for me. They were wrong. It did not work.
I wish I had found others willing to share that information so I could have made a better decision, perhaps after the first treatment (12 weeks) failed to eradicate it.
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howardz43
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Posted - 09/09/2014 : 08:37:14
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Nanoagain, Thanks for posting your experience, it is similar to mine with the Mhos surgery that I had done on my cheek, after which a friend told me to check out Curaderm. From things I've read, a cancer node will have many strings of cancer cells spreading out from it in all directions. Even with Mhos, the surgeon will remove the node and some area around it, but the person using a microscope to examine the removed tissue in order to tell the surgeon when to stop shaving away tissue, is not going to see each one of those tiny little strings of cancer cells. That's my mental understanding, based on factual medical info regarding the anatomy of cancerous areas, for why my cancer was coming back within about 4 months after Mhos. I could feel the same 'crawly' sensations under the skin where the surgery was done, as I did before I had the surgery.
Apparently Curaderm can do a bit more than debulk the cancer. Evidently, Dr. Cham has a patent on his BEC5 formula that biochemically follows the strings of cancer cells out to the very ends of the strings. One doesn't get an internationally recognized patent by making up a fantasy. What one is patenting has to be demonstrable. The cancer cells 'like' one of the BEC5 ingredients. Another ingredient in the formula kills the cells, and it TENDS to get passed along from cell to cell because biochemically one of the ingredients is attractive to cancer cells and so it tends to get passed along from cell to cell in that way. I that's why I regard Curaderm as only a tool, and I said so in my very first post here on this forum. It has a pretty good success rate, but like everything in organic nature there are variables and it doesn't work mechanically, in a machine like fashion, exactly the same way every time.
Also, I agree, one has to start looking into the issues of what one's lifestyle and dietary habits may be that are or may be contributing to having one's cells turn cancerous. An alkaline diet is a big help. Otherwise, whatever cancer one thinks that one has gotten rid of, is probably going to keep coming back. There is also another reason it may come back. An experienced nurse at the hospital told me right after I had my Mhos surgery: 'Where the cancer appears is not only a matter of where on your body you were getting lots of UV exposure, it is also a matter of how much you have accumulated/absorbed overall during the course of your entire life.' After thinking that over, I've understood that's why, from using Curaderm, I've had lesions appear in places that virtually never had any exposure to the sun. The Curaderm simply tends to find what's there, whether the area was ever exposed to the sun or not. It doesn't 'create' what is already there.
I simply hope that the stored UV radiation from my overall near lifetime of accumulated sun exposure as a swimmer, surfer, beach lifeguard etc., doesn't keep generating more cancer after I get rid of what the Curaderm BEC5 formula can currently find. However, I have no 'guarantee' that's not going to happen. On the other hand, maybe everything I've been treating with the Curaderm, along with maintaining a predominantly alkaline diet, will exhaust it all.
quote: Originally posted by Nanoagain
Mandyy, do keep in mind that your doctor is also selling something. Current mainstream medical treats cancers primarily by debulking the cancer (surgically or chemically) and then hopes that the patient's body will be able to get on top of the disease. They do not cure the cancer by removing it.
About a month after having MOHs for my BCC, another lesion was quickly growing on another part of my face. About eight months after the operation, bumps were beginning to occur right along the incision line. Right away I treated with various combos of vitamins and minerals and they reduced or went away. I did not get a biopsy, but they reacted the way that the cancer had in response to vitamin C. So unfortunately, MOHs did not prevent more lesions--some in the exact same area that had been so meticulously cut out.
Removing the cancer, whether by MOHs surgery, Curaderm, black salve, etc. is only part of the solution. You are only debulking the cancer with these different methods, but the big question is how to enable your body to get rid of any remaining cancer.
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gibsontown
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Posted - 09/09/2014 : 10:21:39
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OH. This makes sense. I fear the 'testimonies' I researched for so many hours before trying it...were all written in the first week or two after treatment ended. Of course it looks great then. I want the 5 year plan....
I ask: why the heck does he need to patrol this forum consistently trying to protect Curaderm's reputation??
YES. I agree with you - our experiences are very similar. I have a 3" incision (BCC was in nose cartilage) and look a fright. I would love to know what to expect in the next weeks if you don't mind! I still say, I wasn't a fool to try an alternative. Having your face slashed and dug at, then waiting to see if you might end up normal looking - STILL seems so extreme for what (was) a 4 mm area. Thank you for the update. I am happy to be on the other side of this, healing.
Can you tell me if the stitch removal is any big deal - a little nervous for that tomorrow. And my wound is a bit weepy still (I called and it didn't worry them too much.)
gibonstown have you had your cancer treated properly now? Don't be frightened of MOHS, it's worth the $ to have the peace of mind that it is truly gone. I was terrified (hence seeking magical cures . . . "slaps myself in the head" ). If you want to see pics of my op and the recovery etc you can PM me. My cancer was quite big in the end, as the Curaderm really aggravated all the cells and caused it to get larger :( My Dr was so sad for me, cause it was my face (but she did refrain from saying "I told you so"
I'm doing great now and i'm 5 weeks post surgery. In hindsight BCC's are easy but expensive to treat.. not sure why it was so scary for me. I think the "C" word scared me. And lets face it that youtube video of the guy using curaderm on his head looked SO easy and believable!! I should have thought more about the fact he SELLS curaderm ("2nd slap on my head" ). The bigger picture is that I'm SO grateful I only had a BCC and not a melanoma! I'm actually very lucky  [/quote] |
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