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How effective is this against eczema? Without proper insurance, this is a better deal than medications like Dupixent, right?

dlevine 6y ago
I recently started allergy shots, and am also on Dupixent. I asked my allergist about this when I started shots. He said that it might help with the Eczema, but nothing is guaranteed. There is at least anecdotal evidence indicating that allergy shots might be helpful for Eczema. https://acaai.org/news/your-severe-eczema-may-best-be-treated-allergy-shots https://acaai.org/news/your-severe-eczema-may-best-be-treate... If you don't have insurance, Dupixent is like $2000 per month. Not sure whether their copay assist program will defray some of the cost. However, Dupixent has been life-changing for me. I went from having itchy flaky skin all over my body to being essentially normal.
- whymauri 6y ago
  I'm glad to hear about your Dupixent journey! We're looking forward to getting some. Thanks for the insight on allergy drops.
ahstilde 6y ago
We do not suggest allergy drop immunotherapy for eczema.
claytongulick 6y ago
As someone who's battled this my whole life, and gone down a crazy number of rabbit holes on it, my personal recommendation to you is to try elimination diet. Especially milk and milk products. If you decide to try this, don't do it halfway. Read the ingredients of everything you eat. Don't eat at restaurants. Stick with it for three months. I went from having difficulty walking, and being unable to use my hands due to severe dishydrotic eczema, to being completely 100% healed. This was after I was diagnosed with shingles, given a ton of very harmful steroids and steroid creams, told by multiple doctors and dermatologists that it was an incurable autoimmune condition that I'd be living with forever. I was also told explicitly by one dermatologist that it was impossible that my problems were caused by a food allergy, that any results I was seeing were coincidence. It turned out, I'm allergic to milk protein. If you're battling this as well, it might be worth your time to look into elimination diets.
- zenon 6y ago
  Wow, thank you, I've finally found a name for the rash I used to get on my hands. It showed up when I ate wheat several days in a row, when I played with Play-doh, and when I used latex dishwashing gloves. Took years to figure it out. I still have scarring because of it.
- IG_Semmelweiss 6y ago
  A high profile example of what you state is Jordan Peterson. Apparently he literally only eats meat an some vegs, and was able to make substantial changes to some kind of debilitating condition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_peterson#Health_problems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_peterson#Health_problem...

dlevine 6y ago

I recently started allergy shots, and am also on Dupixent. I asked my allergist about this when I started shots. He said that it might help with the Eczema, but nothing is guaranteed. There is at least anecdotal evidence indicating that allergy shots might be helpful for Eczema. https://acaai.org/news/your-severe-eczema-may-best-be-treated-allergy-shots https://acaai.org/news/your-severe-eczema-may-best-be-treate... If you don't have insurance, Dupixent is like $2000 per month. Not sure whether their copay assist program will defray some of the cost. However, Dupixent has been life-changing for me. I went from having itchy flaky skin all over my body to being essentially normal.

whymauri 6y ago
I'm glad to hear about your Dupixent journey! We're looking forward to getting some. Thanks for the insight on allergy drops.

ahstilde 6y ago

We do not suggest allergy drop immunotherapy for eczema.

claytongulick 6y ago

As someone who's battled this my whole life, and gone down a crazy number of rabbit holes on it, my personal recommendation to you is to try elimination diet. Especially milk and milk products. If you decide to try this, don't do it halfway. Read the ingredients of everything you eat. Don't eat at restaurants. Stick with it for three months. I went from having difficulty walking, and being unable to use my hands due to severe dishydrotic eczema, to being completely 100% healed. This was after I was diagnosed with shingles, given a ton of very harmful steroids and steroid creams, told by multiple doctors and dermatologists that it was an incurable autoimmune condition that I'd be living with forever. I was also told explicitly by one dermatologist that it was impossible that my problems were caused by a food allergy, that any results I was seeing were coincidence. It turned out, I'm allergic to milk protein. If you're battling this as well, it might be worth your time to look into elimination diets.

zenon 6y ago
Wow, thank you, I've finally found a name for the rash I used to get on my hands. It showed up when I ate wheat several days in a row, when I played with Play-doh, and when I used latex dishwashing gloves. Took years to figure it out. I still have scarring because of it.
IG_Semmelweiss 6y ago
A high profile example of what you state is Jordan Peterson. Apparently he literally only eats meat an some vegs, and was able to make substantial changes to some kind of debilitating condition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_peterson#Health_problems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_peterson#Health_problem...