Skin problems

[u/plsshutthefyup]

I am 22 years old. I am 50 kg.

Hi! Thanks for reading through this. I'm a 22 year old girl who has had skin problems for quite a while now.

It all started when I was a kid, maybe 12 years old and I got an itchy pimple/blister on the back of my right knee. Sometimes it would come and go. At some point, it completely left but when I was about 16 I started getting rashes on my chest during the winter time. Then, after a stressful period in my life, I started getting worse rashes again in winter 2022 (when I was 18) and since two years, I've always had horrible rashes. They itch, they burn, I can't sleep because I scratch them. I put cortison cream on them but it doesn't seem to help the inflammation, I take antihistamines but nothing happens. I took higher levels fo vitamin d, quercitin, curcumin with pepper but my inflammation levels were still so high. I went to the dermatologist five years ago to do a prick test and the woman gave me a ton of allergies. A list of them: nickel, abietic acid, propylene glycol, lanolin, p-tert-Butylphenol formaldehyde resin, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Colophony, cat hair and a bunge of different types of pollen from grasses and trees in Switzerland. Please note that it's incredibily hard to avoid all of these chemicals and components in my everyday life. I switched to shampoos, soaps that I can use and that are natural but the rashes still come. This winter has been the worst it ever has. I got it on my chest, my neck, my scalp(

leading to impetigo) and armpits.

During the summer time, the rashes get milder and usually even almost go completely away. As soon as late autumn kicks in, my rashes come back. I even get anxious for that time to arrive because I start sleeping less and my rashes stay from like November- June. Even when they seem to go away for a few days, they come back after a few days. I'm not diagnosed with any mental disorder, but I am a very anxious person and tend to put myself under a lot of pressure.

I eat gluten free since I'm 10 (my mom stopped giving it to me without going to the doctor) because I was wheezing every time I went to bed and my asthma got really bad. Even though I try to avoid gluten, I still get very bloated every now and then and end up looking pregnant and having belly pain and lots of gas.

I used to take birth control from like 16 until 19 and my rashes were not as bad as they are now.

Please help me figure out what I can do. I get so tired and anxious during those months.

I live in Switzerland but am originally from Spain. There's not a lot of sunlight during the winter here. I study at unviersity so I can't just travel to a sunnier country to avoid a problem like this. I have duties like studying, going to classes and working part time.

What does it look like? What can I do?

Thanks already.

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[u/Itchdoc]

You have shown only a small part of your rash. If appropriate, consider chronic prurigo (https://dermnetnz.org/topics/nodular-prurigo). If this is the case, the right dermatologist can help. Note that atopic dermatitis can appear similar to this as well. There are management strategies for this also.

[u/According_While_6828 → u/Itchdoc]

Thoughts on Grover disease?