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Anonymous - When I got older, I started getting a rash on my cheeks. I always had oily dandruff, and used bizarre things like tar-based shampoos to control it, but hated how they smelled. Well, dermatologist told me it (oily dandruff; seaborheaic dermatitis) migrated to my face now. He prescribed cortisol cream, too. The cream worked, but was prescrip only. Tar shampoo also worked some, but expensive and smelly. One day, I was on a do-it-yourself-for-less kick, and read about people using baking soda to bathe / shower with. On a whim, I tried it. Got in shower, wetted down, rubbed baking soda everywhere. I noticed a bit of burning on my face and scalp where they were red from rash/dandruff. I let it sit for a minute or so, then started rinsing off. Tons of dead skin just started sloughing off my face, scalp and body. It was pretty nasty. But, when I got out of the shower, there was nice, clean, perfect skin left over. Within 2 days of showering with baking soda, my dandruff and facial rash were both gone. My theory is that we use way more soap than the human body has adapted to like. We use soap every day in the shower, shampoos, etc. While it cleans, it can be really harsh, it strips out the oils, and it dries. This would exacerbate during the winter when some folks get even drier skin…which soap just dries out more. This drying just kills off skin layers. It seems that even though I'd rinse well, the over-drying of the soap plus water drying off me would keep drying my skin for an hour after the shower. All this did was create a layer of dead skin. Then, the fresh skin underneath would produce sebum/oil, and natural yeast/bacteria on our skin would get in there and interact with it causing an itchy flair up. By using the baking soda, it broke up the dead skin, but left the good skin underneath with enough oil so it wouldn't continue drying after the shower. I also wonder if some of the ingredients in shampoo and body wash cause irritation. These days, I still use soap in the shower, but only like every 3rd day. I'll do one day where I just rinse with water, but use soap or baking soda on pits and crotch. One day I'll do a wash-rinse-repeat with soap, but I make sure to lather then rinse immediately, that way it's not left on for extended periods to dry things out. IE: while it used to work out ok to lather up, then use the suds from my hair to lather my face and shave, the minute or so with suds on my head drying my scalp out while shaving was too much. So, I do a separate pass with the shaving after I've made sure to rinse all soap out of my hair and off my body. I use baking soda as much as I can if I want to get clean. But, some days you just need a good soapy shower. I use antibacterial liquid hand-soap, b/c you can buy it in bulk, it's cheap, effective, and as a "body wash" type thing, it doesn't cause soap scum in the shower. Actually, what you'll notice is that the baking soda causes your shower environment to become saline, which inhibits mold and mildew from growing. I clean my shower once every week or two, and it looks great. No soap scum, no mildew stains, no weird stuff growing. When I clean it, it's mostly just residual baking soda coming off the walls of the shower. Takes me all of 5 minutes to rinse things down, rub them with a wash cloth and get done. I usually do it before I take a shower one day. Anyways, I had a girlfriend that had psoriasis, and doc had her on cortisol cream, too. I introduced her to baking soda, and it cleared it up

I've also struggled with endocrine issues, and found licorice root worked like a charm. But, I gained weight and had leg cramps while on it. So, be careful of the dosing.ReplyCancel

concernedparent - I was a patient of Morton Teich, A clinical ecologist/ environmental
medicine specialist. He uses tinctures of gasoline, urethane, formaldehyde
etc as medicine and diagnosed me with a masked allergy to formaldehyde which
he described as a non-toxic substance. He gave me injections and sublingual
tinctures of same. After becoming sick due to treatment I consulted the State
Health Dept. Div. of Medical Misconduct. There investigator told me there head
physician knew Teich and said hes a phony also double blind testing has debunked
these treatments. Through obfuscation and altering of my medical records including
of my own written statements Teich managed to keep his license. He is a good
salesman and very affable which may be be why Mount Sinai let call him call
himself department head for this quackery. He can make total b.s. sound reasonable
which makes him all the more dangerous. P.S. one of the 5 star reviews claims the
state board web site indicates Teich was never under investigation by the State.
Investigations which don't end in conviction are not recorded. Since Teich was not
convicted the record is not public. This is just the kind of deception that Teich
would engage in.ReplyCancel