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1/27/2019 8:35:45 AM |
The following has helped me...and it's basically something that Deanna offered a while back with a couple of my own tweaks. Here it is: 1. In this case, Natural Ginesis is your BFF. Order some of their Kleen Green, shampoo, conditioner, and sulfur bar soap. It's a small investment, but it'll last a while, and we get a discount...be sure to input "MORG15" in the appropriate area when ordering. I know I sound like an infomercial...but I promise don't own part of the company...I just have found that every single thing I order from them has been huge bang for the buck in terms of alleviating my suffering. And like everyone else, I've spent a LOT of money over the years on things that don't work or only work a little. 2. Don't use super hot water when you wash your hair...get it as cool as you can tolerate. 3. Wet your hair, lather up with the shampoo, and then take the bar soap and lather it all over the top of that. 4. Wait five minutes, rinse and repeat. In Deanna's original post, she'd mentioned doing the first lather in shampoo, and the second lather in the bar soap, but I've found that it makes my hair more manageable if I combine the two in both washes. 5. Apply the conditioner, and then lightly add some more of the sulfur bar soap. Deanna didn't do this...but I've found that it gives an extra punch of sulfur while allowing the conditioner to offset any of the dry out qualities of the bar soap. Lather it around, and wait five more minutes before rinsing it off with as cool of water as you can tolerate. 6. Do the cold water treatment as soon as you get home from school...forget the mornings...I have a similar work situation as you and doing it in the mornings when you are working is basically impossible. 7. Spray down your hair at night with Kleen Green. I've even added a few essential oils to the mix. I like Kathee's geranium, citronella, and clove bud. Go easy on these though...too much might sting a little. Massage it into your scalp and comb it completely through your hair. Then put a disposable plastic shower cap on and "sleep on it." Some people wash their hair at night and some in the morning...but...with this treatment, you'll obviously be a hair wash in the morning person. 8. Do the twice a day cold water treatment any day you're home and can let your hair dry naturally. You may notice tiny white fibers floating in the air later in the day after you comb it. They're hard to see, but I've noticed this if I comb my hair in the car. I can see this floating in the sunlight because I have a black car interior. I think that might be die off of anything that had attached itself to your hair...it used to scare me, but now I celebrate it because I think it's one of those "out is better than in" kind of things. It'll eventually go away. It might cycle back though...(and this is what drives us all crazy)...but don't give up...you'll eventually show it who's boss...YOU, and it'll go away for good. I ordered one of those jumbo packs of throw away plastic shower caps from Amazon...and there are about a jillion in the bag. That's really ok though because besides using them on your hair, you can use them as bowl covers for all the things you have to cook and keep in your fridge all the time. Oh...and before I forget...don't let the six month mark derail you. I did a post around my six month mark and it's very clear that I'd almost lost it...it was BAD...but then things got better and then I've learned to manage the ups and downs as I move toward wellness. My move toward wellness is probably slower than most because my schedule precludes my being able to do everything I really need to do on the "Sum of the Parts," but I'm moving forward nonetheless and getting close to the finish line. Congratulations on posting! We all understand how difficult it is to post at first...it makes us feel exposed...but here's a thought that helped me. In your healthy normal state, would you have any reason in the whole world to peruse a site about an obscure and controversial illness with the intent to expose the sufferers in some negative way? No...of course not...who would? First of all...who would really even think of doing that? And who would have time? And for what reason? Nope...you have nothing to worry about and neither do any of the rest of us. You do, however, have everything to gain by joining in. We're all just regular people just like you...all people who found themselves with a weird illness that the majority of the medical community has dropped the ball on. We're all just people joining together to learn and offer support to one another until we get well. It helps all of us, and you are most welcome here. Love, Karen | |||
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