Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group Best thing for peeling raw elbows?

hello all

my left elbow's skin has peeled to the point where there is raw red skin exposed; i get a small amount of psoriasis. my right elbow gets like this too. some other areas now and then, but the elbows more than anywhere else.

is there anything OTC that works well? i'm using eucerin, but is there anything better? should i being using steroid creme?

i do need to make an appointment with the dermatologist, so i could ask him at that appointment, but thought i'd ask here.

Steroid cream is what all doctors will give you. But, the stuff thins the skin. I use sudacrme and also aloe-vera cream and Hirondel cream. Sudacreme is not available in the US (English product - brilliant. And also great for treating 'scratches' on horses).

I'd vote against steroid cream too - for that thinning reason. I'd probably go for something quite thick and gunky and oily (to really get into that dry flaky stuff), but if there are raw patches you might need to watch what you put on.

not sure what sudacreme is, but it might be largely cetamacrogol - thats a really basic cream that my GP recommended years ago - its what they use a a "base" for other things, but its actually quite simple and good on its own. You might need to ask at a compounding pharmacy, because it isn't high tech enough to be a branded item.

Here, I'd go and talk to a pharmacist about that kind of thing and see what they recommended. Is that something you could do in the US?

Just found a tube: Sudocrem - ingredients (largest quantity first): water, liquid paraffin, zinc oxide, paraffin, lanolin, cera microcristallina, sorbitan sesquioleate, benzyl benzoate, cera alba, benzyl alcohol, linalyl acetate, propylene glycol, benzyl cinnamate, lavender oil, citric acid, BHA

- so mostly just a paraffin and lanolin thing.

I got prescribed steroid cream for my Psoriasis, and specifically for the inverse type I have in my groin. (lol, sorry about that but I think its pretty funny to tell people thats where it is )

And yeah, it thins the skin, but man did it work wonders! -From sore and inflamed to dry and painfree in 2 days flat.

I get that on my knees and it's the strangest thing. It looks as if I fell and skid on my knees! There is something that I eat that causes it, and I haven't figured out what it is yet. At one point I was eating cocoa butter and when I stopped it went away, but I had it again in June but I wasn't eating cocoa butter then. I'm on my short list of food right now, so maybe if I feel brave I will start adding stuff back in and see if I can figure it out.

This time of year is always the hardest for me as far as being able to eat food. By November food starts to bother me less, December is great, and January it starts to go downhill again. Strange.

my first thought was Aloe.. but not the cheap stuff. go to healt food store and get a good aloe gel or use the plant straight If you can get one.
I shoudl google how to not kill and how to successfully propogate one.. I have a gangly horrible thing that sent out 2 shoots.. i transplanted them but they dont look like they will make it... wonder if there is a thread for aloe vera care??

yes, i have the good cold processed aloe. >99% pure. i use it a lot. its one of the things i've been putting on my elbows.

I know, right! that's exactly what it looks like.



hope you figure out what it is

well, at least you've got the steroid cream!

the other thing that works, oral steroids. last week while on the methylpred, my skin was never lovelier!