Seborrheic Keratosis - at Home Treatment (Cure)
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Thu Dec 30, 2010 6:48 pm

hydrogeogirl wrote:

Hello,

Thank you all for sharing!

After several years, my SK on my right temple had enlarged to 3mm wide and 6 mm long. Waxy, skin tone, raised. I tried refined avo oil which did reduce size temporarily. I went to a boutique spa place where an anesthesiologist turned spa owner would have sliced it off for $350. I did not feel quite right about that and did not have it removed. I had some 70% glycolic at home and applied it to the SK 3 times over a period of 4 weeks. The skin frosted and each time the SK reduced in size. After the third time, the SK is gone (love it!!). Skin is a little red, but recovering nicely. Very happy with results!

I am on vacation with intermittent internet, so will not be very available to answer questions.

Always use acids with caution.....

HGG

Hydrogirl - can you tell me how you are applying. I have been using a small paintbrush and I'm not seeing much result. Maybe I need to be more aggressive.

free skin care · Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:50 pm

deedeeraz...I applied a thick layer of the glycolic to the SK with my finger. After the skin frosted, I washed it off. However, the skin surrounding the SK was impacted more than the SK. At the time, I made a mental note to be more careful.

Update, the SK is completely gone and there is no longer any redness or any indication of the SK or treatment. I am very happy that it worked for me.

HGG

Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:08 pm

I am new to the forum and after doing a search I've found this informative info on removing SK. I have a very small (smaller than an eraser head) on my cheek and do not want it removed surgically. I was wondering if the H202 would be the best way to go using a cotton Qtip. It is skin colored now and is not noticeable other than to myself. Other than being raised it is hard to see it. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I'm a guy and don't want to leave a scar. Thanks all

free skin care · Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:21 pm

bocatrip - if you are concerned how precise you can apply the solution, try a tooth pick. It should be precise enough. You might to apply it several times though to get the right amount.

Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:27 pm

When the SK falls off does it generally leave any permanent discoloration to the skin?

free skin care · Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:12 am

bocatrip - I think it varies from individual to individual. If you have light skin you can even it out with lightening gel. That is what i did.

Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:58 am

mpstat wrote:

bocatrip - I think it varies from individual to individual. If you have light skin you can even it out with lightening gel. That is what i did.

Thanks for all the help. It so happens that I have been deficient on Vitamin D and am now taking supplements as well as applying it to the SK. I'm curious to see if applying the vitamin D might help. It is very small to begin with. I had another small SK under my eye that went away on its own.

Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:23 pm

Hi. I was looking at Internet sites last night to see if there are any new products for SK and came across this site and another for a product called ag3derm. Firstly, I am very impressed with how you have all been finding your own cures and congrats to all of you. I have multiple SK's, small ones dotted around my torso, and a few larger ones that I usually get frozen with the nitro at a skin specialist. But when you have lots you just can't keep going back. So I thought perhaps something you could apply topically for example you could wipe across your whole tummy area that won't hurt healthy skin or scar. I'm sceptical about the ag3derm but willing to try if value for money and if it really works. Cheers.

Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:15 pm

I'm somewhat concerned about using the 35% H2P2 for the very small SK I have on my cheek. Does anyone know if the 12% or 17% could also do the job if repeated applications were done due to it's weaker formula? I've found that even using 3% over and over does dry the SK somewhat causing it to peel. Any suggestions on the 12% or 17%?

Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:27 pm

Hi, everyone,

I love these EDS forums, especially this one. Thanks to all you guys for sharing your knowledge, experiments and experiences.

I just wondered if anyone had heard of using black pine essential oil for SKs and other nasty little skin bumps? A friend who uses a lot of herbs and essential oils told me that black pine worked for her (although it took a few months) and left no marks. She sent me a small bottle of the oil, from Acqua Vita in Toronto, but their website doesn't seem to offer it now.

By the way, what are "skin tags"? Not the same as SKs?

Thank you, thank you!

mmag

free skin care · Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:34 pm

bocatrip - you can start with low doses there is no harm in starting on a safer side Smile

mmag - Skin tags are different from SK. I know that some EOs are helpful with skin tags. Can you try it and report back to us?

KB12 - Do not know if ag3derm would work. If you also can let us know how it works for you it would be great!

Sat Feb 12, 2011 10:01 pm

Ag3Derm is a cancer topical which did not work for my sebhorric keratosis. I used wart remover on many of them, which did work. I am now trying AmLactin for a wider area on my stomache and TCA peel for larger ones. I'll get this totally yet! Would definitely not recommend Ag3Derm. If you want to try it you can get it from an India online pharmacy. It is actually called Fluorouracil or Flonida-5%.

Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:14 pm

Correction, I used corn and callous remover, not wart remover.

Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:33 pm

@mpstat, thanks so much for your post, it was 2.5 years ago and still an active thread!

I started researching about my problem after looking at webmd slideshow (google "slideshow common adult skin problems") and was sure it was SK and not warts or moles.

I found this thread and read your H202 treatment about 3 weeks ago. I have a fairly large SK on the side of my nose, almost ellipse shape, 1x2 cm and raised about 2-3 mm in some area. I'm in the 40s, brown skin, but the SK is very noticeable. I think it started about 2-3 years ago. I didn't bother until my son started to comment on it.

In short, I couldn't find 35% food grade H2O2 nearby and I don't want to spend $60 ordering a quart online. So wife found a 30% H202 in her lab and brought home about 2oz. I started using it 10 days ago with Qtips, 2x a day. On the 5th day it started to peel gradually. I stopped the 30% H202 treatment on the 6th day and now it's completely peeled and skin tone started to even. I showed to my son and he "wowed" he was surpise!

So again thanks so much, mpstat!

Now trying to find out how to cure for skin tags and age spots. Smile

Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:38 pm

Thought I would post this again because it really works!
I tried the 35% H202 method on some larger "older" sk's, with not much success, so I went back to do more research. I read that apple cider vinegar works for so many skin problems, The method I used is the same as used for moles. I thought why not try it. I took half a cotton ball and soaked it in apple cider vinegar, put it on the sk and covered it with a band-aid over night. I did this two nights. The sk turned black and then peeled flaked off. Be careful not to pick at it, you can tell when its dead and ready to peel off. I put aloe vera gel on the raw skin to see how it heals. I used regular ACV ( Kroger brand ) full strength.
apple cider vinegar is by far the fastest way to kill SK's. Cheap too! if you rough up the sk first, then apply the acv, it works a lot faster. The 35% H202 works but it seems to take forever. So far they have not come back.

Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:53 pm

I had a huge seb keratoses on my forehead!! (when my boyfriend and I were trying to figure out what it was, he said it looked like a horn!) I was devestated. I went to the dermatologist and she looked at it and said it was a wart. However, when they got the lab results it came back as an inflamed seb k. She removed it for the biopsy, but it grew back in two weeks. So, I went back to her and she put liquid nitrogen on it. After the scab healed from the liquid nitrogen some of the seb k was still there. At this point, I was so frustrated, depressed and disappointed. My dermo couldn't see me for three weeks and I knew that sucker would grow back to its original size. So, I searched every where online and decided to try the apple cider vinegar. I put it on the seb k for an hour with a small cotton ball and it burned pretty bad. so I decided to take it off. The next day I had a pretty bad scab. Three days later the scab came off and the seb k was gone! The skin that was healthy (I got some of the vinegar on skin that didn't have the seb k) but underneath the scab was not damaged at all. I wish someone had told me about the apple cider vinegar sooner. I put a little bit of diluted apple cider vinegar on the spot today, b/c I am paranoid that the ugly seb k might return. I am so happy to be rid of that thing. I had checked out this forum before and promised myself that if I found something that worked I would post it on here to help others out. Good luck everyone!!! I used Bragg's apple cider vinegar from whole foods, but I'm sure any kind would work. I wouldn't leave it on over night at first, but try a test for an hour or so, especially if you have sensitive skin.

free skin care · Tue Mar 08, 2011 2:10 pm

missyv and glenss - it is great that Apple Cider Vinegar worked well on SK! It is one of the simplest solutions and so accessible Smile

Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:14 am

Hi folks - I am new to this forum! For many years I have had senile keratosis of the scalp which I have been proscribed Fluorouracil cream on two occasions, but the condition comes back after a while and causes significant unsightly scaling and itchiness. Recently in desperation I tried a topical application of an oral probiotic called salivarius K12 strain which is sold in NZ as a lozenge for oral & throat health. I simply crushed 1/4 of a lozenge in 1/4 teaspoon of warm water and applied daily to the affected areas and the itchiness stopped overnight and the scaling was markedly reduced after 2 weeks of treatment. I mentioned this to a microbiologist associate who said it was likely the probiotic has anti-inflammatory properties. I contacted the scientific team behind K12 who said they had not done clinical trials with this probiotic in this area (although K12 is completely safe to use on skin). K12 became recently available in the USA and Canada as an additive in a number of different throat lozenge products, and is certainly worth a try given my experience. I would love to get feedback on this! Regards, Bruce

Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:39 pm

missyv and glenss thank you for posting about using apple cider vinegar to remove SK's. It has worked great. Only seems to take two applications and then they turn black and peel off. I am just amazed. Corn & Callus remover worked on one, but it left a lot more skin discoloration than ACV. I also tried several applications of Glycolic and that just didn't work for me. Please keep posting things that work.

Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:58 pm

I am so happy to find this forum! I don't know how I missed it in all the Internet searches I have done previously. I have dozens and dozens of SKs, as well as multiple skin tags.

Many years ago I got about 60 of them (some of both) frozen off by a dermatologist for big $$.
I have so many I could not afford to get more done.

I just ordered the 35% H2O2 mentioned here from Garden of Eden.

Just a note: once you order they tell you you MUST be home to sign for it, or it will be returned to them and you will be out not only the money but also for return postage, and will still not get the product. I sure hope that they will tell me when it is supposed to be delivered!

Tue May 03, 2011 6:32 pm

My 35% H202 arrived today! Getting it out of the plastic packaging was an ordeal, and as soon as I finally go the bottle out I realized it had H2O2 condensation all over it (and hence, all over my hands). My hands got blotchy white and I ran them under cold water.

Now, about an hour later, the whiteness is gone everywhere except for a most mysterious wart on my index finger that is so far under the skin that no dermatologist has ever been willing to go after it.

I view this a bonus!

I am going to carefully apply some straight H2O2 to just one of my many SKs on my neck later tonight and see what happens.

Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:20 pm

I wanted to let everyone know of my results. I have a very large SK on the inner eye/bridge of nose about a 1/4! Very ugly, warty bubbly looking. Well, since it was so close to my eye I was worried about treating it, so first I tried wart remover 17% salicylic acid. it dries very quickly and didn't run, but it did inflame the border around the SK a bit, but nothing serious. I treated it about three or four days twice a day then decided to try 30% Glycolic Acid I had gotten from cellbone for this purpose. I used that only twice. Got up yesterday morning, and it had turned darker brown and it just peeled right off! i couldn't believe it. Underneath there was a flesh colored SK but smaller and smoother. So, I have been putting some vaseline around the SK and will continue to use the Glycolic.

I did try the 35% hydrogen peroxide on the ones on my trunk and neck area, but it really burns. I also tried the apple cider vinegar about two or three times and a few of them are gone, i've noticed.

It's interesting, the glycolic and salicylic acid don't burn like the hydrogen peroxide and vinegar do, so that's what i'm going to continue to use.

I've been living with this nasty thing on my eye for years, i am so thankful I found this forum and it is now almost gone! Very Happy

thanks to all of you who have posted your results and shared your info. it has been very helpful.

Kris

Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:44 pm

Hi mpstat,

I just want to make sure I understand. When you spray the H2O2 on your skin, are you using it undiluted?

I've been using Dr. Scholl's Freeze Away product for a couple years, but I have so many SKs that this sounds like an answer to my prayers!

Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:55 pm

Hi, Thank you all so much for the efforts put into this thread. I was doing some online research about a month ago and spent about 3 hours reading over this entire thread.

I purchased the H2O2 35% today with the intent to begin application. I decided to reread some of the posts to make certain I apply properly.

I came across the apple cider vinegar technique so thought I would try both techniques and see how each work. I will only use each treatment on one SK until results are determined. I will take before, during and after pictures and post the link somewhere on the web.

Wish me luck!
Jamie

Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:52 pm

I apologize for my question. I have spent the evening reading through this forum from page 1, and had my question answered several times. I should have done this before I posted. My H202 is arriving tomorrow and I cannot wait to get started.

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