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sarah0089
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Joined: 04 Aug 2015
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Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:56 am  |
| I wanted to come on here and share my story. I got a very bad case of melasma after being put on anti seizure medicine last summer for a twitching nerve above my eye. Apparently certain anti seziure meds can make you very sensative to sunlight and it brought out melasma in me very badly on my forehead and two patches underneath both eyes on my face. I only took the medicine for 2 weeks but one day after taking it for about 10 days I came home from being out at the pool and looked in the mirror and wanted to die. I couldnt imagine how I was going to go on in life with this seemingly permanent discoloration all over my normally clear face. I was 28 and devestated. I paid out of pocket to go to 4 different derms who just recomended peels that would cost over 500 dollars. Thankfully I did not do them. I got a presecription for tri luma but after reading some not so great things about it online, never used it. I tried taking tons of vitamin c and zinc etc and put every vitamin c serum and skin lightener on my face that I could find. None of it seemed to make a huge difference. Ive always been a healthy eater but about 6 months into the melasma I stopped eating gluten, dairy, added sugars and soy and really stuck to eating fruits, vegetables, turkey/chicken/fish, oatmeal, natural granola bars, etc. Slowly over time the melasma faded and now its been 12 months and all that is left is the faintest trace. I think that in my case it was simply time and strict diet that reversed mine. I never went outside once i had melasma because i was so scared of making it worse and im a marathon runner so it was torture to be on a treadmill inside every day. However, ive been back to running outside the past few months and have even gone to the beach and the sunlight has not made the melasma return. I moisturizer with spf 30 in it every day under my makeup without fail, even in the winter. Honestly I think this is key too. I hope my story can possibly help someone! |
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Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:35 am |
| So glad you conquered the melasma sarah0089 it took real guts to go down the natural route bearing in mind the dermatologists prescribed tri- luma cream. I use Monsia Skincare and I was looking at their website this morning and noticed that they have a skin lightening cream. I have an age spot on my left cheek so I think I am going to do a little reading up on emu oil. |
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Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:21 pm |
That is an amazing story Sarah!
Your recovery was really good and you are still young, under 35.
Mine came out much later and I did use skin lightening products that is medical grade and it really worked for me. I was using ZO Medical from Dr. Z. Obagi.
Make sure you use sun protection daily, because it can come back. |
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Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:36 am |
| hi, astonishing! can you share some of your turkey/fish meals? |
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