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My Topical Steroid Withdrawal journey (Months 25 - 28)

Thursday 22 October 2015

*Start date of withdrawal: Thursday 6th June 2013*


 MONTHS 25 & 26

 No photos taken for both months as there was no change in my skin.


MONTH 27










 MONTH 28






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6 comments

  1. Unknown23 October 2015 at 18:36

    I am so glad I saw your blog, I am in month 22 and for the first time this whole time I seeing small but continued healing, and as I type I feel a flare coming. Every night I flare. I will keep in touch with your healing, you are giving me immense hope.

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    1. Cara Ward23 October 2015 at 22:22

      Thank you for the lovely comment Annjanette <3 I am glad I can help :) It's a scary process and so hard with there being so little information out there! Congratulations for reaching 22 months and lovely to hear that you are seeing signs of healing :) TSW can literally change for the better very quickly like it did for me 26/27 months in!
      Hoping you continue to improve from this point on!
      Big hugs
      Cara xxx

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  2. Unknown10 May 2016 at 21:14

    Hi Cara! Thank you so much for putting all this hard work in your blog and your videos. You have been great help to me. I am now starting 26th Month and although last month or two have been huge improvements and stronger skin. The last ten days or so I started to get really hivy and red again and am so bummed about it. I got fat acrylic nails done so I don't scratch as much (really works) but I still get so red in face, neckm chest and arms. There are no pics for your 25th you mention there was no progress. Were you red and super itchy? Did the 28th month healing kind of come out of the blue? sorry for such a long post i am desperate lol thank you for being! xoxo

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    1. Cara Ward11 May 2016 at 04:44

      Thank you for the comment and congrats for reaching 26 months!! In the 25th month it was a stagnant phase where I found my skin felt like it was burning quite a lot and I found it hard to go out. I also had a lot of problems with my left ankle and hands which would get really sore, oozy and itchy to the point I couldn't walk on my ankle or use my hands. The rest of me was pretty calm - my face was getting there. When I was 27 months in things changed - there was no more burning, the last areas affected were clear and I experienced no irritation. Because the areas affected at the end were small, I think it was bound to happen around that time - over the months the areas affected got less and less until nothing! Stay strong and hang on in there - you have come so far and just ask if you ever have a question <3
      Big hugs
      xxxx

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  3. Unknown11 May 2016 at 14:03

    This means so much to me. Thank you for replying so fast. I am bright red today and losing my mind a little. I am hoping 27 will be magical for me too.. I have had eczema since birth and never used cortisone too much just last 4 years before TSW I would get shot once a year and sometimes used bit of a cream. I think what tipped me off was a round of orals for ten days. I just hope it will go away at all! :) you give me hope darling. Thank you

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    1. Cara Ward12 May 2016 at 06:07

      <3 <3 <3 I am so glad I can give you hope and thank you for what you said - you will get there!!! Keeping my fingers crossed you recover from this very soon. Big hugs xxxx

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