Folliculitis

Another problem plaguing me for over a year has been diagnosed by doctors as Folliculitis. It's been on my scalp, driving me nuts. At times this past year it has gotten really bad and very sore. It's been embarrassing at times, especially when I'd go to get my hair cut. 

 I was prescribed a triple punch of oral meds (dococycline mono 100 mg), shampoo (ketoconzanole 2%) and topical solution (clobetasol 0.05%). The dococycline made me sick so I only took that a few times, told the doc about it and she said it was ok to stop because the other two topical meds seemed to be working on their own. They did...for a while. After a few weeks the Folliculitis came back and the meds didn't help much. 

But my new diet has helped!

I went off all of the meds a few weeks ago when I started my plant-based whole foods vegan diet. My scalp got better real soon. I'd say it's almost 100% better but not quite--the beer I had over the weekend may have fired it back up a little.  I'm looking forward to having it healed completely and for good. I hope my new nutrient rich diet does the trick once and for all. More updates to come.