Fawn or others, skin conditions vitimans?

[OurLuvsFromAbove]

Ok my husband has been having a bad problem with very infected ingrown hairs, and on his legs alot of his hairs never come out and you kinda have to scrape them out.

He's been going to the dr, and they just told him to up his Vit C and take zinc.

I know I remember reading somewhere on here about this being a vitiman deffency. What else would be good for him to take besides these?
This is really bad, one of them got so bad that the dr sent him to the hospital and wanted him quarenteened because they thought he had staph infection and might need surgary.

Anywho, if anyone has an insight on things he should be taking to help, please feel free to comment and suggest.
I plan on going to the health food store later to pick some things up.

[Margot 65]

a couple of things>..


does he exfoliate before showering? (or during...) that will help to remove the dead skin that will build up in the pores of the hair follicles and trap the hair beneath it.

does he use shower gel with fragrance? If so, try to find something more natural and less drying.. (cetaphil is a good choice) soaps like Zest and Axe are very drying and full of chemicals that can cause breakouts too.

A combination of dead skin cells AND soaps/perfumes/waxes can cause ingrown hairs... you would be surprised how dirty people are after 'cleaning' themselves with soap or shower gel.

[VanjaJames]

Murad makes some skinamins which are on the pricier side but worth looking into.

P.S. I am surprised they didn't prescribe antibiotics for staph or folliculitis, which would be doing what you describe. Staph happens to a lot of people with lowered resistance to illness....bacitracin is a topical antibiotic that's very inexpensive and might be helpful....

[OurLuvsFromAbove]

ok so im home taking care of hubby. He was in the hospital and got out yesterday afternoon. (he was in overnight) he had to have his sore lanced, and now I have to pack it 2 times a day.
They believe that he has some sort of infection that has prob become immune to antibiotics.

The hole under the skin is huge.. they made a slit, and the hole inside is like the size of a wallnut! eek!

[Houston Heather]

My husband almost died from an allergic reaction to Bactrim. It put him back in a wheelchair. While it may work, it's not a minor drug. I'd rather deal with skin infections.

I tend to develop boils, pimples, and ingrown hairs when I'm low on vitamin A and E. If I take them, the infections gradually dissapate. I take about 2X the RDA for A, and about 400 mg of vitamin E every day, the cheap Walmart stuff.

I assure you it's a lot safer than Bactrim.

I just re-read... you are saying the salve! The salve is fine, just be very leery of ORAL Bactrim [shudder] nasty stuff.

[debkeversole]

Originally Posted by OurLuvsFromAbove

ok so im home taking care of hubby. He was in the hospital and got out yesterday afternoon. (he was in overnight) he had to have his sore lanced, and now I have to pack it 2 times a day.
They believe that he has some sort of infection that has prob become immune to antibiotics.

The hole under the skin is huge.. they made a slit, and the hole inside is like the size of a wallnut! eek!

i am thinking coconut oil could help too

[VanjaJames]

I was referring to the oral bacitracin, not bactrim, which I haven't heard of. Tetracycline is usually a common skin drug.

Theoretically you could see a dermatologist and ask about a VERY low dose of accutane for him, i.e. 10 mg once a week, which in some people can really do a lot in clearing breakouts and the kind of boils you mention.

ALthough accutane is basically vitamin A, so if he took supplements he might see some improvement also .

Definitely he should use an antibacterial bodywash, and perhaps coconut oil topically to see if it improves...

and also ditch any heavily perfumed detergents and switch to dreft or "Tide Free"

[lisabinil]

I know he will prolly say no cause he is a guy but have you asked him about getting his legs professionally waxed? This seems a lot better than the constant infections and the damage being on so many courses of antibiotics is doing to his immune system. Maybe you could convince him by showing him research you can Google about the effects of repeated antibiotics being not so good for you? Mine gets pedicures and loves it-the girls at the nail salon say the men are better regulars than the women!

[hemlock]

Originally Posted by OurLuvsFromAbove

ok so im home taking care of hubby. He was in the hospital and got out yesterday afternoon. (he was in overnight) he had to have his sore lanced, and now I have to pack it 2 times a day.
They believe that he has some sort of infection that has prob become immune to antibiotics.

The hole under the skin is huge.. they made a slit, and the hole inside is like the size of a wallnut! eek!

This sounds like MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus). It would be good to find out from the doctors specifically if this is what he has. If so.....

MRSA is a very virulent strain of bacteria that is resistant to most antibiotics. It can be hospital acquired (HA-MRSA) or community acquired (CA-MRSA). HA-MRSA is most deadly but CA-MRSA also can kill if not identified and treated properly. There have been several cases in central Florida over the past 6 months. Most recently a 12 year old boy died in Daytona Beach.

MRSA is easily transmittable. It can live on surfaces for several weeks. Exposure to the bacteria comes by skin-to-skin contact as well as skin-to-contaminated-surface contact. According to the CDC (Centers For Disease Control), approx 1/3 of the population carries the MRSA bacteria but not all break out into an acute infection.

Lysol and Clorox products are EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) approved commercial cleaning agents that will kill the bacteria on surfaces.

I know all of this because I was treated in the ER over a month ago and just completed a month-long course of an antibiotic cocktail to fight a MRSA infection that went into my breast tissue. It started as a boil on my armpit and four days later the skin dissolved into a gaping hole that oozed all kinds of horribleness replete with swelling of surrounding tissue and severe pain.

I've done extensive reading on the subject. It's my new hobby.

[hemlock]

Sorry, I got so involved in the data dump that I forgot to pass along some helpful tips....

Whether or not it is MRSA, I would have him start taking the spice turmeric (either in capsule form or just start dumping it in his food in great quantity). Turmeric is an anti-inflammatory and has anti-bacterial properties. I also would give him astragalus -- an herbal supplement used to strengthen the immune system.

As much as I believe that antibiotics are a poison, and in the case of MRSA the overuse of which is the reason we are in this situation in the first place, an active acute MRSA infection requires that you take the poison. If your husband is on an antibiotic protocol, make sure he takes the full course. In the meantime, he should be taking supplements to strengthen his immune system.

The doctors tested my MRSA culture to see which antibiotics it was susceptible to -- out of the list, there were only two and I also was given Mupirocin to swab in my nose.

I hope this helps...but mostly, I hope your husband is feeling better.

[Houston Heather]

Don't forget the probiotics! A little yogurt or some tablets, and plenty of protein to help him heal.

Ron had an allergic reaction to the sulfa drug. Now I need to get him a bracelet.

I'm glad they lanced it... for some lame reason Ron's doctor refused to lance his and instead put him on that antibiotic.

[OurLuvsFromAbove]

his first one wasn't lanced, this is his second one and this ones alot worse. He actually lost like 10lbs in the last week or so, and hes really excited, he said now he wants to diet and take care of himself, so maybe this is what we needed.. hubbys not the most healthy of ppl