Talk:Transient acantholytic dermatosis

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Have been reading about Grovers for years. Have suffered from it for more than 20. Don't fit any of the "typicals" (i.e., am female, it started in my late 20's/early 30's, is NOT "Transient", it is pernicious and persistent). Have tried EVERYTHING, including wearing only natural fabrics, scrubs, creams, cortizones, prescriptions, homeopathic creams and soaps, medicated soaps, diet alterations, sunlight, no sunlight at all ever, lotions both Rx and over counter, and on and on. The condition started on the backs of my thighs. A biopsy confirmed the diagnosis. With all this background, here is what I know applies in my case:

1. It is not restricted to men. 2. Flare ups tend to occur repeatedly where old sores were. 2. It spreads, slowly. Has moved from thighs to the "handles" on my lower left and right back. Then crawled north for a bit, but when it hit skin exposed to sun, abated in those areas (face, neck). Now it is trying to creep across my tummy and hips, below the belt line. 3. It is DEFINITELY exacerbated by sweating, but sweating does not always bring it on. Heat and sweat often do, however. 4. The PRIMARY CAUSE FOR FLAREUPS IN MY CASE, is STRESS!

Now, after all of these years of living with it, I have found something that works. I am so ecstatic I want to share it with anyone and everyone.

This last summer I experimented with two things at once. First, I exposed my back to morning sun for 15 minutes a day for a few days. Second, and just by chance, a friend gave me a gift of a body lotion she swears by.

I cannot explain why it worked, but it did. Maybe it is the anti-oxidents. My back cleared up within days, and no recurrences occured until I was traveling for a month and did not have it with me.

I buy it through her, and she buys it through her sister. You can look it up online, but you have to find someone, a representative (it must be an MLM kind of company), to sell it to you. $40+ per bottle, but worth every penny if you suffer(ed) as I have.

Arbonne International (www.arbonne.com) NutriMin C, REfinish Hydrating Body Lotion.

Good luck! Brer10 17:35, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

May 2008, and UPDATE

Have found a similar allergic reaction, or perhaps Grovers is an allergic reaction, to painkillers like Vicadin, Percoset, Tylenol, etc. Curious if any other sufferers have noticed same.

Had a huge outbreak right after surgery, and while taking pain meds. I quit taking the, and the outbreak subsided almost immediately.

Curiouser and curiouser.

Brer10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.225.15.75 (talk) 23:29, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

I noticed that this page does not include ICD-9 and ICD-10 diagnosis codes, which are included for most medical diagnoses in Wikipedia. The ICD-9 code is 694.8, and the ICD-10 code is L11.1.--BALawrence (talk) 07:07, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

husband had grovers
my husband has the spot on his head, does anyone know of a shampoo that could treat the systoms. The spots get huge the fall off..I will check out the Arbonne product. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.239.95.130 (talk) 21:39, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Photographs
Why were the photos removed of male chest showing the disease in the 3rd and 5th months?Tvbanfield (talk) 18:26, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Only use water on Grover's disease
I've had grover's disease for a couple of years. I didn't have a biopsy, but the dermatologist was almost certain that it was grover's disease. I noticed that if you take a shower and leave water on the part of the skin that the grover's disease is located (don't use a towel) - this will help. I leave hot water on it because hot water lasts longer. I also noticed that a little bit of sunlight also helps the areas where the grover's is located on the skin. Sometimes I fill a water gun with hot water and shoot the area on the skin that the grover's is located. I don't wash the area where I have the grover's, but an irish spring soap bar helps once in a while. I use water that isn't connected to a water softener. I think leaving cold water on my skin is helping better than the hot water.