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Consultation: Ichthyosis

Dr Harper treats a women for the skin condition Ichthyosis, with amazing results.

UPDATE

The treatment given to this patient was a combination of Cetraben, Culmurid and Eucerin and then a cling film wrap, but it might not work for everyone so best to go to your GP and get their professional opinion.

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i have suffered from this all my life and now am 24,does really knock your confidence and used to always get bullied about it at school, so this new method is goin to have to be tried maybe then i can wear shorts and tshirts





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i have, what ive told is eczema on my hands. however for many years i have been convinced this is not the case. my hands are "wrinkly" and cracked. I look like i have scales. Very similar to what this girl had on her legs. im 14 now, and have just started my periods if that makes any diffrence? please help me !





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I have ichthyosis over my whole body and been using calmurid creme since I was young. This helped to a certain extend, but recently got told by my GP to try out aqueous cream as a body shower gel.. this has made a huge difference no more visible scales. I still use calmurid after every shower but do not need to apply it multiple times a day any more. You can get aqueous cream at drug store. calmurid is available over the counter or on prescription at pharmacys





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The cream that was used was Eucerin 10%, it is available from the GP or you can buy it off the shelf in Boots. I have this condition and after years of non helpful moisturisers and scaly legs this is the only thing that works for me and gives me back my confidence. Try Eucerin in Lotion form then if that doesnt help try the cream in a tube. I hope that helps someone out there.





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my son has this on his legs,arms and torso, although not too badly. He has been using epilyt with good results. They recently stopped making this product & I would like to know what he should try now. Many thanks.





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I have the same problem, too much dry skin and cracking on my legs since I was a kid. I tried lots of lotions and creams but it helps only for a couple of hours. May I know what cream(s) were that and where I can get them, please. Dione's result is amazing. Thanks.





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please may i know the name of the cream that was given to dione. i have the same skin condition.





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I would like to know the name of the cream(s)that were prescribed for Dione in this clip used to help the treatment of Ichthyosis and where to get them from?





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This is fantastic, I am going to start my treatment tommorrow. Does anyone know how long it took Dionne get these great results, my legs are exactly the same.





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Please I have this problem with my legs and almost the whole part of my skin.My face seems to bring out lost of oil all the time and my skin also looks like that of an old person's.Could you let me know the name of the cream?





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