Phyllis - Morphea Scleroderma

At age sixty-three, I noticed shiny places on my abdomen. I thought it was a fungus. I was in Florida, where the humidity was very high, so I tried antifungal cream on it and it only became worse.

I finally went to the doctor and he did a biopsy, which was inconclusive. He then sent me to a dermatologist who did an incision biopsy and told me it had come back as morphea scleroderma and that there was no cure for it. I was (to put it mildly) upset.

A topical steroid and prednisone was prescribed for me, which did not help. I kept wishing I could wash it away, but that did not work either.

I started taking Vitamin E 400 IU each day and rubbing it on the affected areas (four in total) across my abdomen. It disappeared for a while but is now rearing its ugly head again. I am using the Vitamin E again topically.

I do not know if this would help anyone else or not but I just wanted to see if anyone else has tried home remedies? Did they work? Did they help? I would welcome any e-mails from anyone with this disease. Thank you for letting me expound.

~ Update ~

For some reason after about six months the lesions began to clear up. After a year of taking the Vitamin E and rubbing it on three times a day, the lesions disappeared and have not returned.

I am now sixty-eight and have no signs on my skin. I do not know if this will help anyone else, but it cannot hurt to try it. No, I do not sell Vitamin E. I just know that it is good for the skin.

Let me know if anyone else tries this with success. My pleasure to contribute to this site.