I took Deanna to see a doctor this morning. She has a sore throat that I thought might be strep throat so I wanted to get on top of it. I had also wanted to see a doctor about the skin condition she has had for a couple of years and needed a new treatment. So we mentioned both things to the doctor today. Most of the time was spent on her skin condition though. He was quite concerned at how long she has had it and that we have never been to see a skin specialist for it. We had been told previously that it was tinea versicolor but he wasn’t convinced that it was. So he did some research while we were there and came up with this diagnosis – confluent and reticulated papillomatosis of Gougerot and Carteud (isn’t that a mouthful!). It is a very rare skin condition thus he needed to do more research on a treatment. So we came home with a new treatment plan and prescriptions. I hope it works for her. You can read more about this condition here –( http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1106748-overview ). (This website looks like it is easier to understand - http://dermnetnz.org/scaly/papillomatosis.html). They are treating her with acne medications which his research says can help but no one knows why.
And he figured that Deanna does not have strep but took a swab to test just for good measure.
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I was diagnosed with the same thing in 2001 after living with this skin condition since the age of 14. The treatment that best works for this is 100mg Minocycline tablets, two per day for 30 days, and Retin-A Micro 0.01% gel. Take one tablet in the morning one at night(with food) and rub a little Retin-A Micro gel on the effected areas(too much may irritate) and in the morning shower and scrub your effected areas well. You will actually begin to start peeling around those areas. In 30 days It was gone! It does comeback after several weeks or months, but at least its treatable. They also have lower dosage Minocycline, but 100mg worked best for me. This condition also appears to be hereditary, my daughter is now showing symptoms and she is now 14. Good luck. David
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