banana peel?
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Permalink Reply by Cindy Foe on -
I have tried this....but only on my thick plaque spots....I cant express to you how much I hate bananas and their smell....but when you are in pain and someone gives you an idea of something that might help...you will try it...so i did...i saw no difference what so ever.....i gagged the whole time i left it on there...i coudlnt shower fast enough...lol....but no it didnt work for me...but hey...whats it going to hurt....if i were you i would try it a few times just to see if it might work for you....as long as you arent allergic to bananas the only thing you are out is a few bucks for the "nanners" as we call them here in the south....lol...good luck
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Permalink Reply by Michael Paranzino on -
I think it's ridiculous, but just for fun, my young ("tween") nieces and I are doing a 2-week test on our psoriasis. We each picked a spot of our psoriasis to apply the banana peel, and a similar-looking spot where we will NOT apply it. We took pictures and everything. After 2 weeks, we'll have people who do not know which side got the banana treatment to tell us which side looks better.
I think it's a way for them to get a laugh from their psoriasis, which is not so fun for them. (They are also helping organize one of the Psoriasis Walks, which is a way for them to take charge of their disease and work to cure it. www.PsoriasisWalk.org, sorry for the plug. For instance, they are planning a summer lemonade stand to raise money for their family Walk team! How great is that.)
Finally, and then I'll get off my soapbox, I also think the banana idea and so many others like it are useful reminders how far psoriasis still has to go to be taken seriously in people's minds. Major American newspapers have mentioned the banana thing for psoriasis, an immune disease. Can you imagine them writing about rubbing bananas to treat autism, or MS, or cancer?
We'll know we have succeeded as a psoriasis community when "remedies" like this are no longer getting so much attention, and attention is focused instead on increasing research for a real cure.
But for now, I better go eat my banana and do my treatment! (If you walk by a guy with psoriasis who smells like banana, that would be me.) And I better email my sister-in-law too so my nieces don't forget..... We'll report results in 13 days!
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Permalink Reply by Greg Vandeventer on -
I tried this a while back with absolutely no sucess
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Permalink Reply by Stephanie Henson Willard on -
It would be cool to see the photos of the results if your kids would be up for that!?!
Michael Paranzino said:I think it's ridiculous, but just for fun, my young ("tween") nieces and I are doing a 2-week test on our psoriasis. We each picked a spot of our psoriasis to apply the banana peel, and a similar-looking spot where we will NOT apply it. We took pictures and everything. After 2 weeks, we'll have people who do not know which side got the banana treatment to tell us which side looks better.
I think it's a way for them to get a laugh from their psoriasis, which is not so fun for them. (They are also helping organize one of the Psoriasis Walks, which is a way for them to take charge of their disease and work to cure it. www.PsoriasisWalk.org, sorry for the plug. For instance, they are planning a summer lemonade stand to raise money for their family Walk team! How great is that.)
Finally, and then I'll get off my soapbox, I also think the banana idea and so many others like it are useful reminders how far psoriasis still has to go to be taken seriously in people's minds. Major American newspapers have mentioned the banana thing for psoriasis, an immune disease. Can you imagine them writing about rubbing bananas to treat autism, or MS, or cancer?
We'll know we have succeeded as a psoriasis community when "remedies" like this are no longer getting so much attention, and attention is focused instead on increasing research for a real cure.
But for now, I better go eat my banana and do my treatment! (If you walk by a guy with psoriasis who smells like banana, that would be me.) And I better email my sister-in-law too so my nieces don't forget..... We'll report results in 13 days!
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Permalink Reply by Julie Bernhardt on -
They are a sporting bunch: Have them try this if they would like to be done with this itchy/dry skin.
Within 7 days my CHRONIC; INCURABLE; WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITHOUT POISIONING YOU; skin
is soft, pliable, not builiding up; and the large areas are reduced to indvidiulal spots with clear skin in between and getting better by the day. After 37 years and who knows how many dermatologists turns out that relief has been in my bathroom and YOURS. Turning down the immunse response will take time, care and costs way under $10.
Never have tried bananas. There is a remedy for removing dead skin: papaya. Mash up a ripe one. Get a towel under you. Put it on. Wait 30 mintues and shower. If you aren't into fruit there is AmLactin an over the counter (Costco) that you can use. Watch out for open sores because this can sting.
The best thing for removing dead skin is WATER. Take a soak three of four times a week. Consider Dead Sea Salts; Espon Salt (which turns out NOT to be salt by the way); Your favorite oil; I am recently using sea salt scrub to gently remove the dead skin.
Here is a way to slow down your immune response which in turn slows down the build up enabling your skin to slow down and create healthly cells. Normal cell turn over takes 28 days.
You must create/massage in the missing moisture barrier.
No white is the mantra.
It stops the build up.
When the build up is gone; your skin like mine; heals.
They call it remission.
I call it feeling better and it has been less than two weeks.
Getting wet opens the pores so that whatever you are putting on can get in.
To understand what is going on with your skin read this:
http://www.vaseline.com/Carousel.aspx?Path=Consumer/YourSkin/DrySki...
Get water wet (10 min warm not hot shower or bath twice a day or as often as you like really)
... optional: use a salt scrub to very gently remove excess skin (sea salt/mineral oil -- 2 parts salt/1 part oil of your choice)
... rinse well.
... when you get out -- do not dry off. (give the water a chance to absorb.)
... spirtz on 10 parts water to 1 part glycerine. (humectant -- helps the water to stay put). Gently massage the P spots.
... with tiny bits of vaseline, less is better, massage gently in circular motions on all affected places.
Take your time. It absorbs. When you get to the end of your patches go back to the first one and put just a smidge more on and gently massage it in.
The SIDE EFFECTS soft happy skin.
Cindy Foe said:I have tried this....but only on my thick plaque spots....I cant express to you how much I hate bananas and their smell....but when you are in pain and someone gives you an idea of something that might help...you will try it...so i did...i saw no difference what so ever.....i gagged the whole time i left it on there...i coudlnt shower fast enough...lol....but no it didnt work for me...but hey...whats it going to hurt....if i were you i would try it a few times just to see if it might work for you....as long as you arent allergic to bananas the only thing you are out is a few bucks for the "nanners" as we call them here in the south....lol...good luck
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Permalink Reply by Alma Simmons on
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Thanks for the advise, my daughter has been suffering for 9 of her 13 years and it has truly been a battle. She has severe plaque on her scalp. Do you know of any remedies that can help with hair loss from the scalp psoriasis?
Julie Bernhardt said:
They are a sporting bunch: Have them try this if they would like to be done with this itchy/dry skin.
Within 7 days my CHRONIC; INCURABLE; WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITHOUT POISIONING YOU; skin
is soft, pliable, not builiding up; and the large areas are reduced to indvidiulal spots with clear skin in between and getting better by the day. After 37 years and who knows how many dermatologists turns out that relief has been in my bathroom and YOURS. Turning down the immunse response will take time, care and costs way under $10.
Never have tried bananas. There is a remedy for removing dead skin: papaya. Mash up a ripe one. Get a towel under you. Put it on. Wait 30 mintues and shower. If you aren't into fruit there is AmLactin an over the counter (Costco) that you can use. Watch out for open sores because this can sting.
The best thing for removing dead skin is WATER. Take a soak three of four times a week. Consider Dead Sea Salts; Espon Salt (which turns out NOT to be salt by the way); Your favorite oil; I am recently using sea salt scrub to gently remove the dead skin.
Here is a way to slow down your immune response which in turn slows down the build up enabling your skin to slow down and create healthly cells. Normal cell turn over takes 28 days.
You must create/massage in the missing moisture barrier.
No white is the mantra.
It stops the build up.
When the build up is gone; your skin like mine; heals.
They call it remission.
I call it feeling better and it has been less than two weeks.
Getting wet opens the pores so that whatever you are putting on can get in.
To understand what is going on with your skin read this:
http://www.vaseline.com/Carousel.aspx?Path=Consumer/YourSkin/DrySki...
Get water wet (10 min warm not hot shower or bath twice a day or as often as you like really)
... optional: use a salt scrub to very gently remove excess skin (sea salt/mineral oil -- 2 parts salt/1 part oil of your choice)
... rinse well.
... when you get out -- do not dry off. (give the water a chance to absorb.)
... spirtz on 10 parts water to 1 part glycerine. (humectant -- helps the water to stay put). Gently massage the P spots.
... with tiny bits of vaseline, less is better, massage gently in circular motions on all affected places.
Take your time. It absorbs. When you get to the end of your patches go back to the first one and put just a smidge more on and gently massage it in.
The SIDE EFFECTS soft happy skin.
Cindy Foe said:I have tried this....but only on my thick plaque spots....I cant express to you how much I hate bananas and their smell....but when you are in pain and someone gives you an idea of something that might help...you will try it...so i did...i saw no difference what so ever.....i gagged the whole time i left it on there...i coudlnt shower fast enough...lol....but no it didnt work for me...but hey...whats it going to hurt....if i were you i would try it a few times just to see if it might work for you....as long as you arent allergic to bananas the only thing you are out is a few bucks for the "nanners" as we call them here in the south....lol...good luck
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